STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. BARTON

No. 3812.

231 So.2d 403 (1970)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Calbert Alfred BARTON et ux.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Chester E. Martin, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., William W. Irwin, Jr., J. David McNeill, III, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ralph D. Dwyer, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before REGAN, CHASEZ and BARNETTE, JJ.


BARNETTE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State of Louisiana through the Department of Highways from a judgment in an expropriation proceeding fixing the value of the land taken at $800. The State contends that the $500 deposited in the registry of the court at the time of the taking represents the value of the land taken.

The landowners, appellees in this proceeding, are Calbert Alfred Barton and wife Jaunita Shedick Barton. The property taken is the rear...

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