STATE v. JENKINS

No. 773.

150 So.2d 611 (1963)

STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marvin L. JENKINS et ux., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Holt, Holt, Kramer & Hamm, by Ben F. Holt, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, SAVOY, and HOOD, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The only issue in this expropriation suit concerns the amount of the award. The plaintiff Department expropriated the entire lot and residence of the defendant landowners, contending that the market value of the property taken was $11,700. The trial court awarded judgment on the basis that the property was worth $14,500 at the time of the taking.

The Department contends on its appeal that the trial court erred: (1) in determining market value...

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