STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. THURSTON

No. 13004.

338 So.2d 154 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Humble W. THURSTON, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied, November 1, 1976.

Writ Refused January 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Irwin, Jr., Jerry F. Davis, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Bernard L. Malone, Jr., by Bernard L. Malone, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by Herman A. Castete, Jonesboro, for defendant-appellee.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and HALL, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied, November 1, 1976.

PRICE, Judge.

This is an expropriation proceeding by the State of Louisiana through the Department of Highways in connection with the widening of Louisiana Highway 2 (Bernice-Farmerville Highway) in Union Parish. The Department of Highways obtained an order under the quick taking statute for the expropriation of a .226 acre strip of land from a 1.726 acre tract owned by Humble W. Thurston abutting Highway 2 about...

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