STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. McDONALD

No. 12870.

329 So.2d 898 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Allen Ross McDONALD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1976.

Writ Refused June 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, William W. Irwin, Jr., Jerry F. Davis, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Robert L. LeDoux, Barnard Malone, Baton Rouge, Jack C. Fruge, Sr., Ville Platte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Holloway, Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by William H. Baker, and Herman A. Castete, Jonesboro, for defendant-appellee.

Before PRICE, MARVIN and SMITH, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied April 19, 1976.

MARVIN, Judge.

The State appeals from a judgment awarding $54,244 for property expropriated for highway purposes under the quick-taking provisions of L.R.S. Title 48, for which property the State had deposited $21,615.00 as its estimate of just compensation. The landowner contends in answer to the appeal that the award should be increased. We amend the judgment below so as to modify the award and the amount allowed...

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