STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 9715.

141 So.2d 54 (1962)

STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lennie O. JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1962.

Certiorari Denied June 29, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant & LeSage, Shreveport, for appellant.

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Braxton B. Croom, and Robert J. Jones, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before HARDY, GLADNEY, AYRES, and BOLIN, JJ.


AYRES, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment in an expropriation proceeding wherein he was awarded $2,700.00 for 1.4 acres of a 2.44 acre tract taken for use in the construction of a segment of Interstate Highway 20.

The defendant contends that the property expropriated had a value, at the time of the taking, of $20,000.00. The sole issue before the court is the adequacy of the consideration to be...

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