STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. SINGLETARY

No. 6600.

185 So.2d 642 (1966)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas J. SINGLETARY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Wm. Roberts, of Burton, Roberts & Ward, Philip K. Jones, D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey and B. B. Croom, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

R. Gordon Kean, Jr., of Sanders, Miller, Downing, Rubin & Kean, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER, LANDRY, REID and BAILES, JJ.


BAILES, Judge.

Observing appropriate procedure, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, filed expropriation proceedings for the taking of certain property owned by defendant-appellee, Thomas J. Singletary. The property involved in this taking formed a part of the home property of Mr. Singletary, and was utilized in the construction of Highway I—10, commonly known in these environs as the Baton Rouge Expressway.

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