Legal Opinion
Marbury v. Louisiana Highway Commission
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 29, 1934No. 4691PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALIAFERRO, Judge.
Plaintiffs have owned' since the year 1928 a tract of woodland, containing twelve acres, between one-fourth and - one-half of a mile east of the corporate limits of the town of Ruston, La. The tract fronts on the concrete highway (Dixie-Overland) 1,000 feet and •on the Farmerville-Ruston gravel highway over 500 feet. It was purchased by plaintiffs with the view of converting it into residential subdivisions to Ruston. They paid $400 per acre for it. It was under fence.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Robbins v. Chicago CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Water Co. v. WareSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Weinman v. De PalmaSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Southern Railway Co. v. LewisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Faren v. T. J. Sellers & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Cope v. Louisiana State Live Stock Sanitary BoardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
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