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STATE v. ATKINSON

No. 9604.

135 So.2d 381 (1961)

STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mrs. Josephine Agurs ATKINSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

November 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Brunswig Scholars, Chester E. Martin and Jesse S. Moore, Jr., Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Simon Herold, Shreveport, for appellee.

Before HARDY, AYRES and BOLIN, JJ.

BOLIN, Judge.

In order to construct a connecting link between U. S. Highway No. 71 and 80, in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, it was necessary for plaintiff to secure a right of way across property belonging to defendant. Being unable to secure such right of way by purchase, it resorted to expropriation proceedings pursuant to LSA-R.S. 48:441-460. Plaintiff deposited the sum of $4,486 in the registry of the court based on an estimate of just compensation previously compiled...

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