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STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. HICKMAN

No. 4155.

277 So.2d 525 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Elbert HICKMAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 9, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holt, Wagner & Lee by Richard E. Lee, Pineville, for defendant and appellant.

Johnie E. Branch, Jr., La. Dept. of Highways, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff and appellee.

Before FRUGE, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Under LSA-R.S. 48:441 et seq., the State expropriated a strip of land from the front of defendant's property to widen an existing highway. Plaintiff deposited $36,550, of which $31,557 represented the value of the land and improvements taken, and $4,993 represented severance damages. The defendant answered, seeking $71,800 in compensation and damages. After a trial, the district judge awarded $39,300, of...

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