State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Bethley

SAVOIE, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit in which plaintiff, on appeal, takes issue with the quantum award.

Plaintiff is the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development. It filed suit against defendants, Sey-more and Suzie L. (Martin) Bethley, to acquire property for the Scotlandville Interstate By-Pass.1 A .76 acre portion of defendants’ 2.74 acre tract was taken. Included with the part taken were five of the eleven frame houses situated on the property,2 and a portion of the privately owned road, water line, and sewer line servicing these houses.

*104Prior to trial,…