STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. DODGE

No. 1246.

168 So.2d 430 (1964)

STATE of Louisiana, through DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Lee Roy DODGE, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 27, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse S. Moore, Jr., of D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Brunswig Sholars, Norman L. Sisson, Ben C. Norgress, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Andrus & Pavy, by H. Garland Pavy, Opelousas, for defendant-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, SAVOY and HOOD, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit instituted by the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, under the Highway Expropriation Act (LSA-R.S. 48:441 et seq.). The order of expropriation was signed and the required deposit was made on March 20, 1961.

Plaintiff deposited the sum of $2,360.00 with the Clerk of Court as just compensation for the property taken. The defendant answered demanding that he be awarded $4,059.50 for the property...

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