Louisiana Highway Commission v. De Bouchel

In order to construct that portion of the highway lying between Merauxville and Violet in St. Bernard parish, La., and known as State Highway Project No. 5,300, it became necessary for the Louisiana highway commission to expropriate a right of way 100 feet wide and approximately 1,490 feet long, or 3.42 acres, through the front of the property of defendant, Mrs. Victor De Bouchel. This property is located on the left bank of the ’Mississippi river and has a frontage of 7% arpents, moré or less, on the river, by a depth extending to Lake Borgne.

The jury awarded to the Louisiana highway…