TATE, Judge.
This is a proceeding to expropriate a right of way for highway purposes over.834 acres of land. The sole issue is the amount of the award. The appeal by the plaintiff parish questions as excessive the amount awarded; defendant landowners pray by their answer to the appeal that this amount be increased to include an award for severance damages.
The legal principles governing an expropriation award are well settled. "The measure of fair compensation...
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