Louisiana Highway Commission v. Bradberry

JANVIER, Judge.

Louisiana. Highway Commission is seeking to expropriate for highway purposes certain tracts of land belonging to various defendants. Twenty cases were consolidated for trial both in the lower court and on appeal. In the court below there were judgments in favor of plaintiff Highway Commission in which the necessity for the expropriation was recognized and in each of the cases there was judgment in fayor of the defendant property owner for the amount fixed by the jury as the value of the property taken and the consequential damage sustained by each respective property owner. The…