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STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. WILLIS

No. 4048.

278 So.2d 893 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Patterson F. WILLIS et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse S. Moore, Jr., La. Dept. of Highways, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff and appellant.

Sandoz, Sandoz & Schiff by, Lawrence B. Sandoz, Jr., Opelousas, for defendant and appellees.

Before FRUGÉ, SAVOY and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiff, the State of Louisiana, through its Department of Highways, expropriated a strip of defendant's land which ran along the front of a shopping center for a distance of some 490 feet to a depth of approximately 5 feet, under the provisions of the quick-taking statute, LSA R.S. 48:441-48:460. The purpose of the expropriation was to widen Louisiana U.S. Highway 167 through the City of Opelousas, Louisiana.

Defendants were awarded damages...

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