STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. JAMES

No. 10151.

321 So.2d 888 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Evelyn Smith JAMES et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Pilcher and Johnie Branch, Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

John Dale Powers and Robert A. Hawthorne, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees.

Before SARTAIN, ELLIS, and BARNETTE, JJ.


BARNETTE, Judge.

This is an expropriation proceeding brought by the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways for the acquisition of 32.710 acres of unimproved land situated in West Baton Rouge Parish for right of way for Interstate Highway 10. The parcel of land required is part of a large tract owned by Evelyn Smith James, widow of Joseph James, and Louis Joseph James. It is situated approximately four or five miles west of the Interstate-10 Mississippi...

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