Louisiana Highway Commission v. Russell

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this action, a condemnation proceeding, to have adjudicated to it, for highway purposes, a narrow strip of land owned by defendant in the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 25, Twp. 18 N, Range 1 E., and in the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 30, Twp. 18 N, Range 2 E., .Ouachita Parish, containing .96 of an acre.

Defendant challenged the correctness of the alleged need of the land for highway purposes, but has abandoned that position. Here, he concedes that the only questions for determination are the value of the land sought to be expropriated and resultant…