State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. Ouachita Parish School Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
This proceeding was instituted by the Department of' Highways 1 for the expro priation of a tract of land owned by the Ouachita Parish School Board, consisting of an entire square in the City of Monroe with buildings and improvements. The tract sought to be expropriated is being used by the school board in connection with a junior high school with 1200 pupils, and lies in the center of the school facility between the classroom building and the gymnasium. Plaintiff here is proceeding under the authority of Article 6, Section 19.1, of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 as…
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2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Canzonetti v. City of New BritainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
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