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STATE, DOTD v. McKEITHEN

No. 42,830-CA.

976 So.2d 832 (2008)

STATE of Louisiana, DOTD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James McKEITHEN, Trustee of McKeithen Trust, et al., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 20, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Ray Dry, Bernard L. Knobloch, Jr., Baton Rouge, Oats & Hudson by James K. McCay, II, Lawrence E. Marino, Lafayette, for Appellant State of La. DOTD.

Russell A. Woodard, for Appellee Corey Gin Co., Inc.

Before CARAWAY, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.

MOORE, J.

The State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, appeals a judgment condemning it to pay $914,181 as just compensation for a 2.669-acre strip of land expropriated to widen a highway in Caldwell Parish and for the closure of a cotton gin necessitated by the taking. Finding error in one portion of the district court's calculation, we amend the judgment to $869,181 and the attorney fees to $145,000, but in all other respects affirm.

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