Legal Opinion
Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District v. Farquhar
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 21, 1967No. 1919PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Judge.
This is an expropriation proceeding instituted by Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District to acquire a servitude running east and west across the center of an 80-acre tract of land owned by defendants. Plaintiff contends that it needs this servitude to enable it to construct and maintain a public road and a railroad over and across defendants’ property.
The defendants filed an answer alleging, among other defenses, that the proposed taking is not for a public purpose, and that it constitutes a deprivation of the property of defendants without due process of law, in violation of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kay v. CarterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Walmsley v. GilmoreLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Wright v. HarborLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Grant v. Touro InfirmaryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- State ex rel. Sabine River Authority v. MillerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Mrs. Josephine H. Henning v. Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District v. Mrs. Josephine H. HenningCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Grace v. MoralesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Landry v. BrandyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
- Bodcaw Company v. EnterkinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District v. Mrs. Josephine Haltom Henning Mrs. Josephine Haltom Henning v. Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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