Legal Opinion

Koerber v. City of New Orleans

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 10, 1958No. 43727PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAMITER, Justice.

On this appeal the defendant, City of New Orleans, seeks to have reduced to $1,240 a judgment for $15,000 granted to plaintiff, Josephine Koerber, such amount having been found by the trial court to be the value of her tract of land (containing 4.584 acres) that was taken for, and used in, the construction of Moisant International Airport located near the City of Kenner in Jefferson Parish.

When this cause was previously before this court we concluded that the plaintiff owned the land; that the defendant had the right to expropriate it for airport purposes; and that the date…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. City of Shreveport v. Abe Meyer Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  2. Plaquemines Parish School Board v. MillerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  3. Domino v. JosephineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
  4. Koerber v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. RowndLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
  2. State v. BoyerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
  3. State ex rel. Department of Highways v. FontaneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
  4. State v. CrockettLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
  5. Town of Slaughter v. ApplebySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958

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