STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. GIELEN

No. 1663.

184 So.2d 737 (1966)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elouise Mamie Mouton GIELEN et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 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.

Edwards & Edwards, by William C. Broadhurst, Crowley, for defendants-appellees.

Before FRUGE, SAVOY and HOOD, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

This appeal presents the sole question of the proper award for severance damages to be made to the defendants for their property, due to the expropriation by plaintiff of land for the construction of a highway. The tract from which the portion was expropriated was generally "L" shaped and comprises approximately 174 acres. It should be noted that this expropriation was in connection with the construction of...

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