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STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. MANASCO

No. 12889.

331 So.2d 525 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Milton C. MANASCO et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burnett, Harrison, Sutton & Walker, by Glenn E. Walker, Shreveport, for defendants-appellants.

William W. Irwin, Jr., Jerry F. Davis, Alva J. Jones, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., by Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and SMITH, JJ.

BOLIN, Judge.

Under the authority of the "quick taking" statute (La.R.S. 48:441 et seq.), the Department of Highways expropriated in full ownership a 3.984 acre tract of land owned by defendants, Milton C. Manasco, Doyle L. Wise, and Donald L. Wise. The Department deposited $25,850 in the registry of court as just compensation for the taking. Defendants answered plaintiff's petition alleging just compensation to be $40,783. After trial, the lower court held defendants...

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