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TOWN OF RAYVILLE v. THOMASON

No. 14637.

404 So.2d 1290 (1981)

TOWN OF RAYVILLE, Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dallas THOMASON, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coenen, Berry & Bruyninckx by James W. Berry, Rayville, for defendants-appellants, Dallas Thomason and Sarah Aycock Thomason.

Law Offices of William R. Coenen by William R. Coenen, Jr., Rayville, for plaintiff-appellee.

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

HALL, Judge.

The Town of Rayville filed suit to expropriate a part of defendants' 200 acre farm property for the purpose of enlarging the Rayville Municipal Airport. The primary issue at trial was the highest and best use of the property: farmland as contended by plaintiff or rural residential as contended by defendants. The extent of severance damages was also an issue. The district court found the highest and best use to be as farmland and found the value of the...

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