STATE, THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. McGILL

No. 1786.

191 So.2d 346 (1966)

STATE of Louisiana, THROUGH the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R. Woodruff McGILL, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1966.

Writ Refused January 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Braxton B. Croom, Norman L. Sisson, Robert J. Jones, by Robert J. Jones and Braxton B. Croom, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stockwell, St. Dizier, Sievert & Viccellio, by Oliver P. Stockwell, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before FRUGÉ, SAVOY and CULPEPPER, JJ.


SAVOY, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this expropriation suit against defendant and acquired a certain portion of his residence situated in the City of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The land was acquired for the purpose of the construction of Lake Charles Interstate Highway By-Pass on the route of Interstate No. 210.

The expropriation order was dated April 24, 1961, and the case was tried on June 7, 8 and 9, 1965.

Plaintiff deposited in the Registry of the court...

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