Opelousas, G. & N. E. R. v. Bradford
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Philip Sidney Pugh, Judge. Action by the Opelousas, Gulf & Northeastern Railroad Company against George K. Bradford. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is an expropriation suit to obtain a right of way of 80 feet in width for *507plaintiff’s main line, with an additional 40 feet in width for a switch, through a tract of land situated within the limits of the town of Rayne, parish of Acadia. The proposed right of way contains 241 acres, and the switch 23/100 of an acre. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff as. prayed for, and awarded to the defendant $300 for every acre taken. “No further damages allowed,” says the verdict. There was judgment pursuant to the verdict, adjudging the land sued for to the plaintiff on the payment into…
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