Louisiana Highway Commission v. Lasseigne

OVERTON, Justice.

This is an expropriation suit. Its purpose is to expropriate a right of way 150 feet in width by 1,792 feet in length, comprising 6.81 acres, diagonally across the New Era plantation, for the construction of the Airline highway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

The New Era plantation is located in the parish of St. John the Baptist, 30 miles above New Orleans. It contains 336.47 acres of land in cultivation. Its total area comprises about 700 acres. The part not cultivated consists of woodland. The part cultivated is of rich sandy loam. The place is. devoted to the…