STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. BLAIR

No. 53381.

285 So.2d 212 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Elbert Lee BLAIR et ux.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied November 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Jean Pharis, Pharis & Pharis, Alexandria, for defendants-applicants.

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


DIXON, Justice.

On application of the defendants in this expropriation case, we granted writs to review the Court of Appeal reversal of the trial court award for trees and plants on land taken for highway purposes. (See State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Highways v. Blair, 273 So.2d 562 (1973).

Defendants' tract of land contained about four and one-half acres. A little less than one-half acre with improvements...

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