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STATE, DEPT. OF HWYS. v. ROSS CONTINENTAL MOT. L., INC.

No. 56784.

328 So.2d 883 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. ROSS CONTINENTAL MOTOR LODGE, INC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Chris Smith, III, Jackson & Smith, Leesville, for defendant-applicant.

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

DENNIS, Justice.

This is an expropriation suit initiated by the Department of Highways under the quick-taking statute, La.R.S. 48:441 et seq. The property taken was a strip of land 300 feet long by five feet in depth across the front of defendant's motel property situated on U.S. Highway 171 in Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. The property was taken to widen the highway, and the Department deposited $5,097.00 in the Registry of the Court.

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