Legal Opinion
Franz v. State, Department of Transportation & Development
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 10, 1988No. CA 7586PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HERBERT A. CADE, Judge Pro Tem.
In 1942 Eugene Franz acquired a rectangular portion of ground fronting the New Orleans Chef Menteur Highway for 200 feet on the north, bounded 525 feet to the south by Old Gentilly Road, on the east by France Road, and on the west by the Hopkins Plantation line. A survey drawn in 1953 notes that an 18 foot strip running the entire width along Chef Menteur Highway was to be dedicated to the City of New Orleans for street purposes. Although this strip was never dedicated, the highway was widened into Franz’s property sometime between 1953 and 1957.
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