Louisiana Highway Commission v. Ferguson

ROGERS, Justice.

This is a proceeding by the Louisiana Highway Commission to expropriate for highway purposes a strip of land, 80 feet wide, through the northern end of a tract of land owned by J. B. Ferguson. The tract of land is within the corporate limits of the town of Den-ham Springs, and has an área of 13.60 acres. The strip of land sought to be expropriated contains .06 of an acre.

The highway . divides defendant’s 13.65 acre tract of land into two parts, one part being a narrow strip, containing 1.10 acres, lying north of the highway, between the highway and the right of way of the…