STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. BURKES

No. 43429.

101 So.2d 193 (1958)

234 La. 659

STATE of Louisiana, Through the Department of Highways, v. Patsy DENT, Widow of William BURKES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., D. Ross Banister, Baton Rouge, Howard W. Lenfant, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Roland R. Selenberg, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.


MOISE, Justice.

The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, expropriated property belonging to Patsy Dent, Widow of William Burkes, bearing Municipal Nos. 1104-1106 LaSalle Street, New Orleans, Louisiana,1 for use in Project No. 283-08-10 (construction of an elevated highway as a part of the Pontchartrain Expressway and approach to the Mississippi River Toll Bridge). The parties did not agree as to price, and proceedings...

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