Louisiana Highway Commission v. Spikes

The plaintiff, Louisiana Highway Commission, has instituted this suit for the purpose of expropriating a strip of land through the property of the defendant John D. Spikes. It is alleged in plaintiff’s petition that in order to complete the construction of the Columbia-Corey Highway, State Project No. 2050, it is necessary to secure a right of way over and across the land of the defendant 200 feet wide and 616 feet long, containing 2.83 acres.

The defendant answered admitting the ownership of 11.63 acres of land through which the plaintiff seeks to expropriate a right of way, and averred that…