STATE v. BARBER

No. 44661.

115 So.2d 864 (1959)

238 La. 587

STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Hiram B. BARBER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff and applicant.

Graham & Graham, Louis B. Graham, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.


VIOSCA, Justice.

Suit was instituted by the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, for the expropriation of property belonging to the defendant, located at 3101 Carrollton Way in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, for the sum of $15,700. Defendant did not contest the right of the plaintiff to expropriate the property, with improvements thereon, but asked for an amount of $18,000. After trial the district court awarded the defendant the sum...

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