STATE, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. TRIPPEER REALTY CORP.

Nos. 52210, 52224.

276 So.2d 315 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant-Applicant, v. TRIPPEER REALTY CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee-Respondent (and Defendant-Appellee-Applicant).

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied May 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip K. Jones, D. Ross Banister, Chester E. Martin, Marshall W. Wroten; Charles Wm. Roberts, Burton & Roberts, Baton Rouge, for defendant-applicant.

Wray & Robinson, W. P. Wray, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

This is an expropriation suit brought pursuant to the Louisiana "quick-taking" statute.1 Defendant contests the adequacy of a $4,484.00 deposit made by the Department of Highways incident to the taking of a strip of land approximately 30 feet by 390 feet (actually, 10,881 square feet). Defendant had owned land containing 9.97 acres fronting 620 feet on the east side of the...

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