Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Reimers
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 12, 1966No. 48118PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
We are reviewing a judgment of the Court of Appeal condemning the Department of Highways to pay to the Clerk of Court of Tangipahoa Parish the costs of court incurred in an expropriation proceeding.
On March 19, 1964, the Department of Highways instituted suit against some forty-six co-owners to expropriate lands to be used for the construction of a new alignment of a controlled-access highway from Amite to Tangipahoa on’ State Route La'. 1-55 in Tangipahoa Parish.
When suit was filed the Department deposited $25,520 as the estimated value of the land and rights to be taken.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Westwego Canal & Terminal Co. v. Louisiana Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- State v. RowndLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. BarineauSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- State v. SykesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State, Dept. of Highways v. Trippeer Realty Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Hopkins v. Department of HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Dillard v. YeldellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- STATE, DOT AND DEVELOPMENT v. KeatingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989