State ex rel. Department of Highways v. New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad

BAILES, Judge.

This is an expropriation proceeding instituted by the State of Louisiana acting through the Department of Highways to acquire fee title to certain property and a temporary servitude on a borrow pit allegedly needed for the construction of Louisiana State Highway 1-59. The property sought to be expropriated belonged to the defendant and is situated on the east side of its railroad track in the village of Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish. In accordance with a certificate of estimate of just compensation executed by two appraisers employed by the Department of Highways, the sum of…