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STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. CUMPTON

No. 11894.

265 So.2d 674 (1972)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mrs. Jodie G. CUMPTON et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 27, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Chester E. Martin, Jesse S. Moore, Jr., Alva J. Jones, and Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Cotton & Bolton by W. D. Cotton, Rayville, for appellees.

Before AYRES, HEARD, and HALL, JJ.

AYRES, Judge.

This is an expropriation proceeding wherein the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, acquired a tract of land comprising 6.955 acres for highway purposes, that is, for use in the construction of Interstate 20, a limited and controlled access thoroughfare.

Before the taking, defendants' property consisted of a tract of land comprising 82.405 acres, generally rectangular but elongated in shape north and south. The portion taken...

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