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La. Rev. Stat. § 19:1 (2026)
TITLE 19 - EXPROPRIATION
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TITLE 19 - EXPROPRIATION
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1. "Property" defined
As used in this part, the term "property" means immovable property, including servitudes and other rights in or to immovable property.
Amended by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess. No. 11, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 72
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1951–2021 · leading case: Humble Pipe Line Co. v. Wm. T. Burton Indus., Inc., 217 So. 2d 188 (La. 1968).
Humble Pipe Line Co. v. Wm. T. Burton Indus., Inc., 217 So. 2d 188 (La. 1968). “45:251), filed this expropriation suit under the general expropriation laws of Louisiana (LSA-R.S. 19:1 et seq.) to obtain second-line rights (8.”
State Ex Rel. Dep't of Highways v. Vermilion Dev. Co., 249 So. 2d 167 (La. 1971). “19:9, the provisions in R.S. 19:1 et seq. are not followed by the highway department in expropriation cases; R.”
Mid-Louisiana Gas Co. v. Sanchez, 280 So. 2d 406 (La. Ct. App. 1973). “[6] Furthermore, according to defendants, no force of law should be given to the acts of 1906 and 1910 as well as to LSA-R.S. 19:1 et seq because the source acts of these revised statutes are broader in scope than are the titles.”
Chaney v. Travelers Ins. Co., 249 So. 2d 181 (La. 1971). “R.S. 19:1 et seq.); nor was the damage to Chaney's house incidental to an expropriation proceeding conducted under statutory authorization or guidelines.”
City of Shreveport v. Abe Meyer Corp., 52 So. 2d 445 (La. 1951). “325 of 1948, LSA-RS 19:1 et seq., providing for the procedure in expropriation cases trial by jury was abolished.”
Bd. of Com'rs v. Missouri Pac. R. Co., 625 So. 2d 1070 (La. Ct. App. 1993). “2d 167 (1971), wherein the Louisiana Supreme Court reviewed an expropriation proceeding under the "quick-taking" statute [2] (as opposed to a regular expropriation governed by R.S. 19:1 et seq., as in the instant case).”
Collins Pipeline Co. v. New Orleans East, Inc., 250 So. 2d 29 (La. Ct. App. 1971). “Various exceptions were filed by New Orleans East and were disposed of with the following exception: "(f) Alternatively, plaintiff is not authorized to expropriate defendant's property under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 19:1, et. seq., for the reason that plaintiff does not…”
State, Through Dept. of Highways v. Constant, 359 So. 2d 666 (La. Ct. App. 1978). “R.S. 19:1, as amended by Act 11, Extra Sess.”
City of Thibodaux v. Louisiana Power & Light Co., 126 So. 2d 24 (La. Ct. App. 1960). “" LSA-R.S. 19:1 "`Property' defined. "As used in this Part, the term `property' means immovable property, including servitudes.”
Gravolet v. Bd. of Com'rs, 598 So. 2d 1231 (La. Ct. App. 1992). “[3] In a case where the State or governing authority needs property which would be subject to appropriation under the levee servitude but is not, either because the land was not riparian when it was separated from the sovereign, or because the property is not going to be used…”
Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Lasseigne, 240 So. 2d 707 (La. 1970). “R.S. 19:1, 19:2(9). These suits were instituted to acquire a servitude 100 feet wide across the property of defendants.”
State, Dept. of Transp. & Dev. v. Sugarland Ventures, Inc., 476 So. 2d 970 (La. Ct. App. 1985). “The purpose of the expropriation, brought under the authority of LSA-R.S. 19:1 et seq., was to comply with Federal Aviation Administration requirements involved in the extension of an airport runway.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 19:1(A) — 2 cases
Bd. of Supervisors of La. State Univ. v. Gerson, 260 So. 3d 634 (La. Ct. App. 2018).
Bd. of Supervisors of La. State Univ. v. Gerson, 260 So. 3d 634 (La. Ct. App. 2018).
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