STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. SONNIER

No. 2409.

213 So.2d 182 (1968)

STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nola Martin SONNIER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mouton, Roy, Carmouche & Hailey, by H. Purvis Carmouche, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

D. Ross Banister, Chester E. Martin, Marshall W. Wroten, Johnie Branch, by Johnie Branch, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE and SAVOY, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit brought by the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways (hereinafter called the State) against Nola Martin Sonnier, wherein the State expropriated 9.267 acres out of a 23.467 acre plot of land owned by defendant for the purpose of constructing an exit ramp on the Interstate 10 Highway project.

Prior to the taking, July 22, 1964, defendant owned a rectangular piece of property measuring approximately...

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