STATE, DEPT. OF HWYS. v. DENHAM SPRINGS DEV. CO., INC.

No. 9774.

294 So.2d 281 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. DENHAM SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT CO., INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alva Jones, and Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Gordon M. White, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before LANDRY, ELLIS and PICKETT, JJ.


ELLIS, Judge:

This is an expropriation suit, under the quick taking statute, R.S. 48:441 et seq., in which the State took a parcel of ground containing .521 acres from defendant Denham Springs Development Co., Inc. At the trial, the value of the land and improvements taken was stipulated to be $35,936.00, leaving the severance damages to the remainder as the only issue to be decided. After trial on the merits, the severance damages were fixed at $64,220.97, and judgment...

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