State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Laird

MOISE, Justice.

This is an expropriation suit, in which the sole question before us on appeal is the quantum allowed by the district judge as damages.

The land involved is a quadrilateral parcel of ground located along the Prairie-ville-Nesser section of the Airline Highway, in the Parish of Ascension. It is the front portion of a strip running from said Highway to the right of way of the Louisi-' ana & Arkansas Railroad, the entire strip having contained prior to the expropriation slightly more than four acres. This front portion, which contains 0.813 acres, measures 294.36 feet front on the…