STATE v. O'NEAL

No. 748.

149 So.2d 421 (1963)

STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Merchant D. O'NEAL, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Braxton B. Croom, Ben C. Norgress and Norman L. Sisson, by Braxton B. Croom, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Carmouche & Martin, by Edward Carmouche and John Bivins, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Lafleur & Findley, by Ernest G. Lafleur, Jr., Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before FRUGÉ, SAVOY and CULPEPPER, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

Defendant is the owner of a tract of land situated in the Parish of Calcasieu which the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, is seeking to expropriate for highway purposes. There is no dispute as to the right of plaintiff to expropriate the property. The only question before the court is the value of the property taken and the damage, if any, to the remainder of the property.

Plaintiff deposited in the registry of the court...

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