Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1979

Donohoe v. State ex rel. Department of Highways

Donohoe v. State ex rel. Department of Highways
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided March 23, 1979 · Dixon, Grant, Summers, Tate, Writ
369 So. 2d 152; 1979 La. LEXIS 5664 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Donohoe v. State ex rel. Department of Highways

Concurring Opinion

DIXON, J.,

concurs in the denial because the result would have been the same if defendant had reconvened and expropriated the servitude involved.

Opinion of the Court

In re Henry T. Donohoe, et ux., applying for writ of certiorari, Third Circuit Court of Appeal. Parish of Rapides. Court of Appeal No. 6652. 366 So.2d 598.

Writ denied.

SUMMERS, C. J., would grant the writ.

Dissenting Opinion

TATE, J.,

would grant the writ. The governmental authorities are not entitled to appropriate an owner’s land without a writing or an expropriation proceeding. The land owner is entitled to an injunction to remove the illegal trespass on his land.

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