Nunn v. List & Weatherly Const. Co.

The Louisiana highway commission entered into a contract with the List & Weatherly Construction Company of Kansas City, Mo., for the construction of a trestle approach to the bridge over Red river at Shreveport, La. The approach was to extend, over the river from Bossier parish to Caddo parish, and through the smaller end of a triangular tract of three acres owned by plaintiff, a resident of the state of Georgia.

As alleged in plaintiff’s petition, defendants herein, “on or about August 1931,” began operations for the construction of the Bossier trestle approach to the Red river bridge, and,…