STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. MERTENS

No. 4019.

271 So.2d 280 (1972)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff and Appellees. v. Ralph L. MERTENS et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Chester E. Martin, Jesse S. Moore, Jr., Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Jerry F. Davis, Baton Rouge, and Edward A. Kaplan, Alexandria, for plaintiff and appellant.

James C. Downs, Alexandria, for defendants and appellees.

Before SAVOY, CULPEPPER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This case was consolidated for trial with State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways v. Isaac Wahlder, La. App., 271 So.2d 284, in which we are rendering a separate judgment this date. In these cases the Department of Highways, using the "quick-taking" statute, LSA-R.S. 48:441 et seq., expropriated approximately 100-feet deep strips off the fronts of two adjoining tracts of land owned respectively by...

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