State v. Dowling

ROGERS, Justice.

Frank D. Dowling is the owner of a tract of land situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge which the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, is seeking to expropriate for highway purposes. There is no dispute as to the right of the plaintiff to expropriate the property. The only dispute is as to its value. The jury of freeholders before whom the case was tried rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff upon payment by the plaintiff to the defendant of $7,650, which was fixed as the value of the property. A judgment in accordance with the verdict was rendered…