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STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. LESSLEY

No. 53307.

287 So.2d 792 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Mason W. LESSLEY et al. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Sophia Wolfe COX et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Page, McCloskey, Donnery & Page, New Orleans, for defendants-applicants.

D. Ross Banister, Jesse S. Moore, Jr., William W. Irwin, Jr., Johnie E. Branch, Jr., State of La. Dept. of Highways, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-respondent.

BARHAM, Justice.

These are expropriation suits brought pursuant to the "quick-taking" statute, R.S. 48:441-48:460, in which the State, through the Department of Highways, respondent herein, obtained title to relators' land on March 15, 1960 and January 20, 1961, respectively. Within the ten day period specified by R.S. 48:447, relators filed motions to dismiss the expropriation suits on the grounds that the property was not taken for a public use and that the taking...

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