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STATE, THROUGH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. HOYT

No. 6361.

357 So.2d 1189 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James P. HOYT, Jr., et ux., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1978.

Writ Refused June 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ledbetter, Percy & Stubbs by William H. Ledbetter, Jr., Alexandria, for defendants-appellants.

D. Ross Banister, Chester E. Martin, William W. Irwin, Jr., John H. Helm, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., by Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, WATSON and GUIDRY, JJ.

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit brought under La.R.S. 48:441 et seq., the quick-taking statute, by the Department of Highways in connection with the expansion of U. S. Highway 167-71 in Rapides Parish.

Defendants, James P. Hoyt, Jr. and his wife, owned a 2.378 acre tract of land fronting on the old U. S. Highway 167-71 between Lecompte and Alexandria. The property was irregularly shaped, resembling an elongated trapezium. The two longer sides...

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