Legal Opinion
Gravity Drainage District No. 1 v. Key
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 6, 1958No. 43309PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOISE, Justice.
The solution of a case in law is like the threads in the weaving of a designer’s hands. Each fact of record must fit in the proper place for decision. The rule of law, in expropriation suits, is that the basis of the findings must be predicated on the physical value of the property taken at the time of taking and the diminution of value to the property after the taking.
Gravity Drainage District No. I of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (plaintiff herein) was created by Resolution of the Police Jury for Rapides Parish on November 24, 1953, under the authority of LSA-R.S. 38:-1751 et…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Texas Pipe Line Company v. BarbeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Rosenthal v. GauthierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- Harrison v. Louisiana Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- American Tel. & Tel. Co. of Louisiana v. MaguireSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH DEPT. OF HWYS. v. GlassellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Sterkx v. Gravity Drainage Dist. No. 1 of Rapides Par.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
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