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STATE v. GIFFORD-HILL & COMPANY

No. 9998.

158 So.2d 448 (1963)

STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GIFFORD-HILL & COMPANY, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearings Denied December 6, 1963.

Writ Refused February 7, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stafford & Pitts, Alexandria, and Mc-Clendon & Benton, Minden, for appellant.

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Braxton B. Croom, Brunswig Sholars, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before HARDY, GLADNEY and BOLIN, JJ.

BOLIN, Judge.

In the construction of a multiple-lane highway across North Louisiana, it was necessary for plaintiff to expropriate 36.735 acres of land owned by defendant in Webster Parish. Being unable to purchase the property, plaintiff deposited the sum of $183,000 in the registry of the court and title to the land was transferred to plaintiff by an order of the court pursuant to LSA-R.S. 48:441 et seq. In due time the case was tried in the district court resulting...

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