STATE v. LANDRY

No. 39964.

53 So.2d 908 (1951)

219 La. 721

STATE v. LANDRY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Simms, Joseph A. Loret, W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., and D. Ross Banister, all of Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Blum & Marchand, Donaldsonville, for defendant-appellee.


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 of 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-way; and, in the...

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