TOWN OF HOMER v. GREEN

No. 19,008-CA.

513 So.2d 523 (1987)

TOWN OF HOMER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lonzie D. GREEN, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Culpepper, Teat, Caldwell & Avery by James D. Caldwell, Jonesboro, for defendant-appellant.

Meadors and Meadors by William F.M. Meadors, Jr., Homer, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HALL, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.


LINDSAY, Judge.

The Town of Homer filed suit to expropriate 1.5 acres of the defendants' eighteen-acre tract for the construction and enlargement of a wastewater treatment plant.

At trial, the defendants questioned the public necessity for the taking. Also at issue at trial was the highest and best use of the property, the value of the land sought to be expropriated and the question of whether severance damages should be awarded. At the conclusion of the trial...

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