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STATE EX REL. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. LESSLEY

Nos. 5169, 5170.

271 So.2d 886 (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.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied February 6, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Lester, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

McCloskey, Dennery & Page, John M. Page, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before SAMUEL, CHASEZ and STOULIG, JJ.

SAMUEL, Judge.

These appeals, taken by the defendants1 from judgments in two expropriation suits, were consolidated for hearing in this court. The facts are not in dispute.

On March 15, 1960 and February 1, 1961, respectively, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, filed the suits expropriating certain immovable property in the Parish of St. John for highway construction purposes. The procedure followed by...

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