STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. GUSTE

No. 6958.

319 So.2d 468 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. William J. GUSTE, Jr., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, William W. Irwin, Jr., Jerry F. Davis, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Guste, Barnett & Colomb, Dennis C. Strayhan, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA, and BEER, JJ.


BEER, Judge.

This appeal arises from an expropriation suit filed under the authority of the "quick taking statute" (LSA-R.S. 48:441 et seq.) to acquire a 10.074 acre portion of a 300-acre tract of land for the construction of the overall I—10 improvements in the Parish of St. John the Baptist near LaPlace, Louisiana.

The land involved is low in elevation and subject to some tidal overflow from nearby Lake Maurepas. In its present condition its value...

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