STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. CHRISTY

No. 9486.

283 So.2d 533 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Alma Francis CHRISTY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

August 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. J. Dodson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Johnie E. Branch Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SARTAIN, BLANCHE and WATSON, JJ.


BLANCHE, Judge.

The only issue on appeal is the trial court's failure to award severance damages to the defendant landowner, Mrs. Alma Francis Christy. At trial it was stipulated that the part taken (9.611 acres) was valued at the sum of $3,000 per acre and the improvements were valued at the sum of $1,358. Since no award was made for severance damages, the trial court found just compensation to be the sum of $29,191. We affirm.

Prior to the taking, the defendant...

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