STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. ALLEN

No. 12901.

332 So.2d 922 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. I. J. ALLEN et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by Herman A. Castete, Jonesboro, for defendants-appellees.

Before BOLIN, HALL and JONES, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge.

The Department of Highways, State of Louisiana, appeals from an expropriation judgment in favor of I.J. and C. H. Allen fixing the quantity of land taken, its market value, and the fees of defendants' expert witnesses. We amend the judgment by reducing the compensation award and the amount fixed as expert witness fees.

The taking of the subject land, which is located approximately 1.2 miles west of the corporate limits of Jonesboro, was necessitated...

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