Legal Opinion
Town of Slaughter v. Appleby
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 26, 1958No. 43343PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
The Town of Slaughter in East Feliciana Parish seeks in this expropriation suit a right of way 60 feet wide and 1093 feet long (containing a total of 1.5 acres) across defendants 250 acre tract of land, located within the municipality’s limits, it to be used for the construction of a road and for *463the installation of gas and water lines. The proposed right of way commences at a dead end street and leads to a newly developed subdivision on the town’s outskirts. The taking of the strip effects a division of defendants’ tract, creating one parcel of 13 acres (almost a rectangular…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hemphill v. Tremont Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Recreation and Park Commission v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- Domino v. JosephineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- Mamon v. Farnsworth & Chambers Construction Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
- Koerber v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
3Cited by5 opinions
- Orleans Parish School Board v. PaternostroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
- State v. RapierLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. RooksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. EbrechtLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Riche v. City of Baton RougeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988