Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Bitterwolf
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 13, 1981No. 14029PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIASSON, Judge.
The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways instituted this suit to expropriate a tract of land in St. Tammany Parish fronting on U.S. Highway 190 from the defendant, Gordon J. Bitterwolf. The land was needed as part of a State and Federal project to widen, improve and surface State Route La-U.S. 190 as a controlled access highway. James H. Heap intervened in the action contending that although he is not a record owner of the land, he nonetheless owns an undivided one-half interest in the land by way of a counter letter.
An order of expropriation was signed by…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Arceneaux v. DomingueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
- State, Through Department of Highways v. HoytSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State, Dept. of Hwys. v. Denham Springs Dev. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State, Dept. of Transp. v. Van WillettLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State, Dept. of Highways v. BitterwolfSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. v. TerrellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. BitterwolfSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981