Legal Opinion

State, Department of Highways v. McPherson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 28, 1972No. 51091Published

1Opinion of the Court

259 So.2d 33 (1972)

261 La. 116

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

v.

James B. McPHERSON, Jr.

No. 51091.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 28, 1972.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1972.

Voelker, Ragland & Brackin, William B. Ragland, Jr., Lake Providence, for defendant-relator.

G. Ross Banister, Chester E. Martin, Jesse S. Moore, Jr., Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Alva Jones, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-respondent.

SUMMERS, Justice.

The Department of Highways instituted this expropriation suit to acquire 115.374 acres across the farm of J. B. McPherson, Jr., in Madison Parish as a right of way…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
  2. State, Department of Highways v. McPhersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
  3. Louisiana Highway Commission v. GreySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  4. State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. RapierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
  5. City of New Orleans v. GiraudSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959

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