STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. RAPIER

No. 46793.

164 So.2d 280 (1964)

246 La. 150

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion May 12, 1964.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Ben C. Norgress, Brunswig Sholars, Braxton B. Croom, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-relator.

Aycock, Horne, Caldwell & Coleman, Jack C. Caldwell, Franklin, for defendant-respondent.


HAMITER, Justice.

On November 17, 1959 the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, instituted the instant suit under the authority of Article VI, Section 19.1 of the Louisiana Constitution and LRS 48:441-460, to acquire by expropriation a strip of land some 300 feet in width and several thousand feet in length which contains 48.468 acres belonging to the Lagonda Trust (hereafter referred to as Lagonda), represented by Edward D. Rapier, Trustee, and...

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