SCORSUNE v. STATE

No. 41307.

71 So.2d 557 (1954)

224 La. 1031

SCORSUNE v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Lyons, Bossier City, for plaintiff-appellant.

W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., D. Ross Banister, Philip K. Jones, Baton Rouge, Francis X. Vinet, New Orleans, Louis S. Quinn, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.


PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiff is appealing from a judgment sustaining exceptions to the jurisdiction of the court ratione personae and immunity of the State from suit.

The plaintiff brought suit against the State through the Department of Highways to recover $5,000 for a strip of land alleged to have been appropriated by the Department of Highways, without his consent and without compensation, and for damages occasioned by the taking and to annul a right...

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