STATE v. JONES

No. 46077.

146 So.2d 414 (1962)

243 La. 719

STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Frank J. JONES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Brunswig Sholars, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant.

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for respondent.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this expropriation case to review only the question of whether the Court of Appeal was correct in affirming a judgment of the district court which assessed as damages the expenses of the landowner for fees of expert appraisers for work done preparatory to trial.

The Department of Highways obtained an order expropriating property of the respondent and deposited in the registry of the court a sum representing its...

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