STATE v. WATKINS

No. 908.

155 So.2d 245 (1963)

STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Josephine Saizan WATKINS, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 15, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Brunswig Sholars, Ben C. Norgress, Robert J. Jones, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lewis & Lewis, by Seth Lewis, Sr., Opelousas, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE and SAVOY, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

By two separate proceedings, the plaintiff Department of Highways expropriated: (a) A .798-acre strip in full ownership, subject to a reservation in perpetuity in favor of the defendant of all oil, gas or other minerals; (b) Full ownership of a 3.832-acre tract and a 5.824-acre tract, both subject to the same mineral reservation as hereinabove set forth.

The instant case arises out of the former taking. A companion suit of the same title was...

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