Legal Opinion
Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission v. Watson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 9, 1953No. 41460PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment expropriating 52.7 acres of land belonging to the defendants and fixing the compensation to be paid to the defendants at the rate of $569 per acre.
The plaintiff, Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, brought suit against the defendants, Warren O. Watson, Herbert W. Wimberly, and Mrs. Joanna Glassell Wood, to expropriate a tract of land containing 52.7 acres situated in the Town of Port Allen, Parish of West Baton Rouge. The land was owned by the defendants in the proportion of one-third each. Some time after the institution of the suit, the…
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