STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. HOLMES

No. 10735.

209 So.2d 780 (1968)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James M. HOLMES et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1968.

Writ Granted June 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Ben C. Norgress, Chester E. Martin, and Brunswig Sholars, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Love, Rigby, Donovan, Dehan & Love, Shreveport, for Jimmy L. Cordell, defendant-appellee.

James B. Wells, Bossier City, for Mrs. Alma Williams Cordell, defendant-appellee.

Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, for James M. Holmes and Mrs. Fleeta Adkins Holmes, defendant-appellee.

Before GLADNEY, AYRES, and BOLIN, JJ.


AYRES, Judge.

This is a proceeding whereby the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, expropriated, for highway purposes in connection with the construction of Interstate 20, a described parcel of land and the improvements thereon as well as a leasehold interest therein. On obtaining the order of expropriation plaintiff deposited in the registry of the court and tendered in payment for the full ownership...

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