STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. MASON

No. 11062.

218 So.2d 329 (1968)

STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph R. MASON et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

On Rehearing January 7, 1969.

Writ Granted February 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant & LeSage, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GLADNEY, AYRES and BOLIN, JJ.


GLADNEY, Judge.

The Department of Highways instituted this action on April 2, 1964 under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 48:441, et seq. to expropriate additional right of way to convert U. S. Highway 71 into a four lane highway, the project extending within the corporate limits of Bossier City. It deposited into the registry of the court $20,810 as total compensation. The property owner, Joseph R. Mason, and Pan-Am Southern Corporation and American Oil Company, named...

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