STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. HOLMES

No. 48612.

205 So.2d 416 (1967)

251 La. 607

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, v. James M. HOLMES et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion December 22, 1967.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Ben C. Norgress, Chester E. Martin, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant.

Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Love, Rigby, Donovan, Dehan & Love, Shreveport, for defendants and appellees and respondents.


McCALEB, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this matter to review a judgment of the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, dismissing devolutive appeals taken by the State, Through the Department of Highways, from judgments rendered increasing the compensation payable to the defendants in an expropriation proceeding brought under the quick-taking statute, R.S. 48:441-460.

Pursuant to those provisions, the Department of Highways in November of 1963, expropriated certain...

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