STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. HOLMES

No. 49308.

221 So.2d 811 (1969)

253 La. 1099

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Chester E. Martin, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Love, Rigby, Donovan, Dehan & Love; Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee, respondents.


FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The State of Louisiana, through its Department of Highways, being unable to amicably secure a portion of a certain lot with improvements thereon1 under lease by the owners, James M. Holmes and Fleeta Adkins Holmes, to Jimmy L. Cordell and Alma Williams Cordell, needed for highway purposes, instituted this proceeding under the authorization contained in Section 19.1 of...

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