STATE EX REL. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. BAUDY

No. 4289.

252 So.2d 553 (1971)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Alice P. BAUDY et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1971.

Writ Refused November 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Chester E. Martin, Jesse S. Moore, Jr., William W. Irwin, Jr., Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Adrian G. Duplantier, Duplantier & McPherson, Charles Emile Bruneau, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before REDMANN, TAYLOR and STOULIG, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

In this expropriation suit initiated under the quick-taking statute, R.S. 48:441-460, defendant landowners appeal from a judgment maintaining plaintiff's motion to strike defendants' answer (alleging inadequacy of compensation) as untimely filed and decreeing the amount deposited by plaintiff adequate compensation.

R.S. 48:450 provides that where an entire lot is taken a defendant "may apply for a trial" on market value provided he files answer...

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