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STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. GORDY

No. 5062.

322 So.2d 418 (1975)

The STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. W. GORDY et ux., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Refused February 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Wm. W. Irwin, Jr., Jerry F. Davis, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Alva Jones and John H. Helm, by Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jackson & Smith, by Chris Smith, III, Leesville, for defendants-appellees.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER, MILLER, DOMENGEAUX and WATSON, JJ.

HOOD, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit instituted by the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, under LSA-R.S. 48:441 et seq. The defendants are J. W. Gordy and his wife, Merle Clack Blackman Gordy. Plaintiff deposited $1,682.00 as its estimated value of the property taken and damages. Defendants answered demanding an award of more than the amount deposited. Judgment was rendered by the trial court awarding defendants $29,695.87, less the amount...

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