Legal Opinion
Grounds v. Louisiana Highway Commission
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 29, 1934No. 32775PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAND, Justice.
Plaintiff, as the owner of a plantation in Dossier parish lying just north of the ShreveportrMinden highway, known as route No. SO, has brought the present suit for damages fox-loss of his crops of alfalfa and cotton, caused by an overflow in 1930.
Plaintiff alleges that there are a number ■of bayous along this highway between Shreveport and Red Chute, across which the highway passes, and that the Louisiana highway commission, in remodeling and paving this highway in 1929 and 1930, instead 'of providing sufficient bridges across these bayous, tore out the bi-idges'which had been…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Germann v. 557 Tire Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- Connolly v. Louisiana Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
3Cited by4 opinions
- JB LaHaye Farms, Inc. v. La. Dept. of HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Hortman v. Department of HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- Trichel v. Louisiana State Highway DepartmentLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Murff v. Louisiana Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935