State v. Upstream, Inc.

SAMUEL, Judge.

Acting under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 48:441-460, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, instituted this suit for the expropriation for highway purposes of certain property owned by the defendant. At the time suit was filed plaintiff deposited $1,700 in the registry of the court as its estimate of just compensation for the property expropriated. Insofar as this appeal is concerned, in answer to the suit the defendant contested only the value of the land taken, averring its true value was $9,-470 and praying for judgment accordingly. After trial the…