Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Ragusa
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 6, 1958No. 43250PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMON, Justice.
The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, under LSA-R.S. 48:441 et seq., expropriated property of the defendants as lying in the right-of-way of the approaches to the new Mississippi River Bridge at New Orleans. Upon the defendants’ refusal to accept the sum of $19,000 as the fair valuation for their property, plaintiff instituted this suit for a judicial fixing of the amount of just compensation at a sum not to exceed $19,000 and deposited the said sum in the registry of the court.
Defendants answered and averred that the sum of $23,000 was the true market…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Housing Authority v. BoudwineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- City of Shreveport v. Abe Meyer Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Housing Authority of Shreveport v. GreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. IsraelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- City of New Orleans v. NotoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Parish of Iberia v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Lafayette Airport Commission v. RoyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- Gulf States Utilities Company v. NormanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Orleans Parish School Board v. PaternostroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
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