Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. Tucker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 14, 1964No. 47092PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
This is an expropriation proceeding, in which rival claimants seek the funds on deposit in the registry of the court. The State of Louisiana through the Department of Highways filed the action against the heirs of Anthony W. Tucker to expropriate a strip of land, formerly a railroad right of way, through Section 22, Township 17 North, Range 15 West, Caddo Par ish, Louisiana. Deposited in the registry of the court was the sum of $7,209.00, representing the value of the property.
The owners of certain tracts of land abutting the former railroad right of way intervened in the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Dingey v. PaxtonMississippi Supreme Court · 1883
- Williams v. BaileySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
- Passera v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
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