STATE, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. CHRIST BAPTIST CHURCH

No. 6920.

197 So.2d 83 (1967)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHRIST BAPTIST CHURCH, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel C. Wiemann, of Marcel, Wiemann & Byrnes, Houma, for appellant.

Ben C. Norgress, Philip K. Jones, D. Ross Banister and Glenn S. Darsey, Baton Rouge, for appellees.

Before LOTTINGER, REID and SARTAIN, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

Defendant-landowner, Christ Baptist Church, appeals from a judgment of the district court awarding to it as just compensation for property taken the sum of $16,300.00, the amount originally deposited by plaintiff, State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Highways. The sum of $16,300.00 represents $14,550.00 for the land and improvements and $1,750.00 for the decrease in the value of the remainder of the land, better known as severance damages...

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