STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. HIGGINS

No. 310.

135 So.2d 306 (1961)

STATE of Louisiana, Through The DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Wilfrid T. HIGGINS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 4, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey and Jesse S. Moore, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff and appellee.

Polack, Rosenberg & Gex, Samuel I. Rosenberg, New Orleans, for defendant and appellant.

Before McBRIDE, REGAN and SAMUEL, JJ.


REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, instituted this suit to expropriate land owned by the defendant, Wilfred T. Higgins, for the purpose of constructing an approach to the Greater New Orleans Expressway located in Jefferson Parish. In conformity with the existing law1 title to defendant's property was transferred to plaintiff by order of the court before the judgment and plaintiff deposited...

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