Louisiana Highway Commission v. Hays

PONDER, Justice.

The Louisiana Highway Commission brought expropriation proceedings against the defendants, George Lee Hays, Daisy ■ Hays, Markley Hays, and the testamentary executors, George Lee Hays and Isaac L. Haspel, of the succession of Dr. G. A. B. Hays, to secure a right of way consisting of 2.11 acres of land across the lands of the defendants. Upon trial of these proceedings the jury of freeholders awarded the defendants $109.20 without designating what part thereof was allowed for the land taken or the amount allowed for damages. The judgment of the lower court was to the same…