Legal Opinion
Louisiana Highway Commission v. Dunn
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 4, 1932No. 31145PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, J.
The plaintiff highway commission brought this suit to expropriate for highway purposes 4.1 acres of land owned by the defendants. Defendants’ answer admitted the necessity for the taking of the land, placed a value of $125 an acre thereon, and, by way of recon-vention, claimed $7,065 as damages for the destruction of certain improvements and the negligent removal of other improvements on the property.
The jury of freeholders summoned to try the case fixed a -value of $500 for the land, and awarded $1,325.07 as damages resulting from the expropriation, or a total of $1,825.07. Judgment was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co. v. SarpySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
3Cited by8 opinions
- Westwego Canal & Terminal Co. v. Louisiana Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Glover v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Kansas · 1938
- State, Through Dept. of Highways v. ChampagneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. EllenderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- State, Dept. of Highways v. LandecheLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
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