STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. BERTRAND

No. 1651.

184 So.2d 611 (1966)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Jesse BERTRAND et ux., Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 22, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Ben C. Norgress, William W. Irwin, Jr., by William W. Irwin, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lewis & Lewis, by Seth Lewis, Sr., Opelousas, for defendants-appellees.

Before SAVOY, CULPEPPER and HOOD, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

This is a companion suit to State, Through Department of Highways v. LeDoux, 184 So.2d 604, which is being decided by us on this date. These suits were consolidated for trial and appeal, and the issues presented in each case are almost identical.

In the instant suit, the State expropriated for highway purposes a portion of a tract of land owned by the defendants, Mr...

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