Raxsdale v. Highway Commission

In the petition of this suit instituted against the Louisiana Highway Commission and the Central Construction Company on May 22, 1940, plaintiffs make the following pertinent allegations:

"Petitioners further show that some time during the month of April, 1940, said defendants took charge of a portion of petitioners' property situated in the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, being described as part of Square 29 of the Upper Suburbs of said City of Alexandria, the same being all of said Square 29 with the exception of a strip fifty (50) feet wide extending the full length of said…