Cypress-Black Bayou Recreation & Water Conservation District v. Conger

AYRES, Judge.

Plaintiff, Cypress-Black Bayou Recreation and Water Conservation District, a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, brought expropriation proceedings against defendants, Lewis Pirkle Conger and Winifred Pirkle Conger, for a recreation area and flowage rights over other property in connection with the proposed Cypress Lake Reservoir east of Benton, Louisiana. Plaintiff seeks to expropriate 49.6 acres “in fee” for the recreation area and an “easement” over two-tenths of an acre for flowage rights, or essentially all of defendants’ 50-acre tract which adjoins Montgomery…