STATE DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEP. v. BERNARD

No. 86-1252.

524 So.2d 808 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hugh E. BERNARD, Jr., et ux, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Watson, Murchison, etc. (R. Raymond Arthur), Natchitoches, for defendant-appellee.

Before LABORDE and KNOLL, JJ. and CULPEPPER, Judge Pro Tem.


WILLIAM A. CULPEPPER, Retired, Judge Pro Tem.

This is an expropriation case. The trial court awarded $248,321 compensation to the defendants. The plaintiff appeals this judgment.

FACTS

On February 3, 1983 the State of Louisiana expropriated 3.57 acres from a wooded rural homesite of 7.976 acres on Louisiana Highway 6, approximately 3.5 miles west of Natchitoches. The expropriation was necessary for the 1-49 project. Included within the taking was...

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