STATE v. RAPIER

No. 5805.

152 So.2d 272 (1963)

STATE of Louisiana through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Edward D. RAPIER, Trustee for Lagonda Trust.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1963.

Certiorari Granted June 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Brunswig Sholars and Ben C. Norgress, by Ben C. Norgress, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Aycock, Horne, Caldwell & Coleman, by Jack C. Caldwell, Franklin, for appellee.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER, HERGET, LANDRY and REID, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, The State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Highways, predicates its appeal herein on the alleged excessiveness of the trial court's award of compensation to defendant-appellee, Edward D. Rapier, Trustee for Lagonda Trust, for 48.468 acres of land belonging to defendant, situated in St. Mary Parish and expropriated by plaintiff-appellant for highway purposes.

Pursuant to constitutional and statutory authority, appellant...

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