STATE, DOTD v. SEMP RUSS PLANTATIONS

No. 87-586.

529 So.2d 487 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEMP RUSS PLANTATIONS, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Ray Dry, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Wiener, Weiss, Madison & Howell, Shreveport, Watson, Murchison, Crews, Arthur & Corkern, Daniel T. Murchison, Natchitoches, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, STOKER and KING, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

This is an expropriation case. On December 31, 1984 the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation & Development (State), brought this suit against Semp Russ Plantations (Semp Russ) to expropriate 36.658 acres from about 1,715.33 acres of unimproved timberland northwest of Natchitoches.

Semp Russ is a partnership which owns and operates a timber farming business. Semp Russ acquired the subject property from the Russ family in 1979...

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