STATE, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. LANDECHE

No. 11897.

400 So.2d 241 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. Henry L. LANDECHE, Jr., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Irwin, Jr., Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Robert L. Ledoux, Bryan Miller, James C. Russell, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Abbott J. Reeves, Gretna, Leon C. Vial, III, Hahnville, for Henry L. Landeche, Jr., defendant-appellee.

Becnel & Gravois, Larry C. Becnel and Jude G. Gravois, Vacherie, for James M. Gravois, defendant-appellant.

Before BOUTALL, CHEHARDY and STOULIG, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Judge.

Plaintiff, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, and defendant James M. Gravois appeal a district court decision awarding Gravois $50,000 and defendants Henry L. Landeche, Jr., et al., $723,350 for damages sustained as a result of an expropriation of property owned by the Landeche family and leased by Gravois. The district court also awarded expert witness fees in the amounts of $350 each, and additionally awarded experts S. J. McClendon...

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