Supreme Court of Louisiana June 16, 1947, No. 38314. (Lake Front Land Co. v. Department of Highways)

FOURNET, Justice.

The Lake Front Land Company, Inc., having entered into a contract with the Louisiana Highway Commission and in pursuance thereof deposited in escrow with the Marine Bank & Trust Company of New Orleans, Louisiana, the 'sum of $50,000 in cash to pay for the construction of a muck canal and embankment of the proposed Hammond-New Orleans Highway along the southern shore of Lake