Legal Opinion
Louisiana Highway Commission v. Davis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 8, 1943No. 35652PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
The Louisiana Highway Commission instituted an expropriation proceeding against the owners of a tract of land with improvements thereon, located in the Parish of East Baton Rouge. The right of the plaintiff to take the land for a highway which approached the Mississippi River bridge was not contested but the defendants demanded $17,500 for the property, which sum the plaintiff refused to pay. A jury of freeholders considered the case and rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the property upon the payment to the defendants of $12,666, representing $7,000 for the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. GuidrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- Harrison v. Louisiana Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Texas Pipe Line Co. v. National Gasoline Co. of Louisiana, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- Louisville & N. R. v. R. E. E. De Montluzin Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- City of New Orleans v. New Orleans Land Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Bd. of Com'rs of Orleans Levee Dist. v. Dept. of Natural ResourcesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- Makofsky v. Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- Housing Authority v. BrinkmannSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- State v. DowlingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- State v. LandrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
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