Legal Opinion
Louisiana Highway Commission v. Purpera
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 26, 1937No. 33681PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
The Louisiana .Highway Commission, in order to obtain the necessary right of way for the construction of the Innis-Morganza Highway, instituted expropriation proceedings to acquire from the defendant, Frank Purpera, a certain lot of ground adjoining the depot of the Texas & Pacific Railway Station at Batchelor, Pointe Coupee parish, state of Louisiana, and containing 0.34 acres, on which there were improvements, consisting of a combination store building, warehouse and residence, and two outhouses.
The case was duly tried by a jury of freeholders who rendered' a verdict fixing…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. HoellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- City of Shreveport v. HerndonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
- Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal R. R. v. StraussSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
3Cited by6 opinions
- Westwego Canal & Terminal Co. v. Louisiana Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Housing Authority of Shreveport v. GreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- Housing Authority of New Orleans v. WeisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. HaysSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
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