STATE, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. TERRACE LAND CO., INC.

No. 54045.

298 So.2d 859 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellee-Respondent, v. TERRACE LAND COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant-Relator.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor A. Sachse, Jr., Robert P. Breazeale, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-applicant.

D. Ross Banister, William W. Irwin, Jr., Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-respondent.


TATE, Justice.

The plaintiff Department expropriated some fifteen acres of land held by the defendant Terrace for residential subdivision purposes. The court of appeal affirmed the trial court's award. 282 So.2d 814 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1973).

We granted certiorari, 284 So.2d 600 (1973), primarily to clarify the method of determining the compensation to which an owner-developer is entitled...

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