STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEV. v. STEPHENSON

No. 17400-CA.

480 So.2d 909 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Lane STEPHENSON, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey & Barlow by Ray A. Barlow and A.L. Wedgeworth, III, Shreveport, for William and Freda Stephenson, defendants-appellants.

Robert L. Oliver, Baton Rouge, for Dept. of Transp. and Development, plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARVIN, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

The landowner appeals, seeking to increase a judgment awarding him $31,275 over the $57,500 deposited for the expropriation of his property for highway purposes (1-49 in Shreveport) under the quick taking statute. LRS 48:441-460.

The landowner contends that the trial court erred in denying recovery of lost rentals and in reducing the value assigned to the improvements because of the possibility of flooding. In the event judgment is increased...

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