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STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. DYESS

No. 6152.

350 So.2d 1304 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Guy O. DYESS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Carmouche, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

D. Ross Banister, Chester E. Martin, Jesse S. Moore, Jr., Robert J. Jones, R. Gray Sexton, Johnie E. Branch, Jr. by Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, WATSON, and FORET, JJ.

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

The Louisiana Department of Highways expropriated the property of defendant, Guy O. Dyess, for the purpose of building an interstate bypass in Lake Charles, Louisiana. This was accomplished in 1969 through the procedures provided in La.R.S. 48:441 et seq., the "quick taking" statute. The Department, in accordance with that law, deposited $26,169.00 in the registry of the court as just compensation.

Defendant answered the suit, and reconvened...

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