STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. MILLER

No. 2558.

218 So.2d 79 (1969)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lottie Lucia MILLER, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Braxton B. Croom, Ben C. Norgress, Rogert J. Jones, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., by Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bailey & Mouton, by George J. Bailey, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before SAVOY, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


MILLER, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit by the Louisiana Department of Highways, plaintiff, for the taking of a strip of land off an improved residential lot in the City of Abbeville owned by Lottie Lucia Miller, defendant. The trial court awarded defendant $17,956.00 and plaintiff appeals to this court.

The purpose of the taking was for widening and construction of a four lane highway over North State Street in Abbeville, Louisiana, which street was...

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