Westwego Canal & Terminal Co. v. Louisiana Higway Commission

ROGERS, Justice.

The Westwego Canal & Terminal Company, Inc., brought this suit against the Louisiana Highway Commission, under section 27 of Act No. 95 of 1921, Ex.Sess., to recover $6,700 as the value of certain land which it alleged the defendant commission had unlawfully appropriated.

The commission filed an exception of no right or cause of action, and, later, filed an answer denying that it had encroached on plaintiff’s property and averring that it had merely availed itself of the right of way which it had. purchased from plaintiff for a valuable consideration. The commission also filed…