STATE, THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. HOYT

No. 53279.

284 So.2d 763 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, THROUGH the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellee-Respondent, v. James P. HOYT, Jr., et ux., Defendants-Appellants-Relators.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Jean Pharis, Pharis & Pharis, Alexandria, for defendants-appellants-relators.

D. Ross Banister, Jesse S. Moore, Jr., William W. Irwin, Jr., Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Jerry F. Davis, Department of Highways, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee-respondent.


TATE, Justice.

In this quick-taking, La.R.S. 48:441 et seq., the plaintiff Department expropriated about one-third of a corner lot used for service station purposes. The court of appeal affirmed the award, 272 So.2d 768 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1972), one judge dissenting. We granted certiorari, 273 So.2d 842 (1973), primarily to review the method of valuation used by the majority of the court of appeal...

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