State v. Landry

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, instituted proceedings on February 4, 1949, to expropriate for highway purposes a parcel of land measuring 0.376 of an acre, being the front strip ó”f a larger tract belonging to the defendant, Joseph Burleson Landry, alleging that the parties had been unable to come to agreement. The defendant, in answer, denied the necessity of taking his property for the right-of-wáy; and, in the alternative, should the court decree the right of plaintiff to expropriate the land, averred that he was entitled to be paid…