Monroe Redevelopment Agency v. Faulk

For reasons hereinafter assigned, I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion and decree.

These are expropriation proceedings wherein properties of defendants are sought to be taken as declared in plaintiff’s petitions “for the purpose of the Monroe Floodwall Gap” project.

The properties of defendants, including the improvements thereon, are located on the east, or left, descending bank of the Ouachita River and face South Grand Street across, if not directly, at least obliquely, from the Ouachita Parish Courthouse. On these properties and in the buildings located thereon, the owners…