DEJEAN v. STATE, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

Nos. 13320 and 13321.

350 So.2d 938 (1977)

F. A. DEJEAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellant. Olive J. DEJEAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 26, 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 defendant-appellant.

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

Before BOLIN, PRICE and MARVIN, JJ.


PRICE, Judge.

Plaintiffs in these consolidated suits sold property to the Department of Highways in connection with the proposed widening of U.S. Highway 167 in Jackson Parish. Plaintiffs now seek to set the sales aside for lesion beyond moiety contending they sold the property for less than half of its value. The trial court rejected plaintiffs' demand for rescission of the sales, but assessed the cost of the proceedings including expert witness fees against the...

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