STATE, DEPT. OF HWYS. v. BEAUREGARD DEV. CO., INC.

No. 4203.

279 So.2d 787 (1973)

STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BEAUREGARD DEVELOPMENT CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1973.

Writ Refused August 31, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gist, Methvin & Trimble by DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr., Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SAVOY, HOOD and MILLER, JJ.


MILLER, Judge.

On August 6, 1968 the State Department of Highways (under the "Quick Taking Statute", LSA-R.S. 48:441 et seq.) expropriated 18.604 acres from the approximate center of defendant Beauregard Development Co., Inc.'s 223.6 acre tract. The taking was for a limited access four lane divided highway built to interstate standards. After the taking Beauregard owned 70 acres east of the right of way, 135 acres west of the right of way, and .425 of an acre north...

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