STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. MOSELEY

Nos. 14309 to 14314.

390 So.2d 951 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ann Rife MOSELEY, Defendant-Appellee (two cases). STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Josie Rife DROUET et al., Defendants-Appellees (two cases). STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Josie Rife DROUET, Defendant-Appellee (two cases).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Irwin, Jr., Bernard L. Malone, Jr. by Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Executive Asst. Gen. Counsel, Bryan Miller, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

E. Rudolph McIntyre, Winnsboro, for defendants-appellees.

Before PRICE, HALL and FRED W. JONES, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied December 8, 1980.

FRED W. JONES, Judge.

In December, 1974 the State of Louisiana through the Department of Highways ("State") filed three suits under La. R.S. 48:441 et seq. ("quick taking" statute) to expropriate certain property belonging to the defendants, either individually or jointly, for the purpose of widening Louisiana Highway 4 in Franklin Parish from a two-lane to a four-lane thoroughfare. In October, 1975 the State filed...

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