Legal Opinion
Mississippi River Bridge Authority v. Gwin
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 5, 1962No. 132PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REGAN, Judge.
Plaintiff, the Mississippi River Bridge Authority, instituted this expropriation proceeding against the defendants, Oscar M. Gwin, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John Groth and Mr. and Mrs. Leighton Morse, owners in indivisión of two tracts of land fronting on Dryades Street in the City of New Orleans, a portion of which plaintiff needed for the purpose of widening Dryades Street. Plaintiff requested that the court assign a reasonable value to that portion of each tract it wished to acquire.
Defendants answered and asserted that the land to be expropriated was valued at $47,000. They then…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of New Orleans v. NotoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- City of Alexandria v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
- Mississippi River Bridge Authority v. SimonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- State v. CrockettLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- City of Shreveport v. NoelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
3Cited by5 opinions
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- State, Department of Highways v. MasonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969