State Ex Rel. Sabine River Authority v. Phares

SUMMERS, Justice.

Appellant, Sabine River Authority, State of Louisiana, brought this proceeding in conformity with Title 19, Section 1 et seq,, and more particularly Sections 141-160 of the Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, LSA, to expropriate appellees’ land for use in the dam site of the Toledo Bend Dam and Reservoir Project on the Sabine River. Appellees filed a peremptory exception and plea in bar asserting that Sections 141 through 148 of Title 19 of the Revised *538Statutes of 1950, as amended, LSA, are unconstitutional, null and void, principally because that legislation authorizes the…