Louisiana Highway Commission v. Bullis

FOURNET, Justice.

Defendants are appealing from a judgment adjudicating to the Louisiana Highway Commission, under expropriation proceedings, a strip of land 200 feet wide through their plantation, comprising approximately 26 acres, for the Commission’s uses and purposes in re-locating a road. The adjudication was conditional upon the Commission paying the defendants $1,601.40 as compensation.

The appellants contend the lower court erred (1) in adjudicating the land sought to.be expropriated in fee, because the Louisiana Highway Commission is entitled to a servitude or right-of-way only, and…