State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Cefalu

LANDRY, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit instituted by the: State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, pursuant to the authority of LSA-R.S. 48:441 et seq., to condemn certain property of defendant, Vincent Cefalu, for highway purposes. The matter is presently before us on the motion of plain*659tiff-appellee to dismiss the appeal of defendant-appellant, appellee’s said motion to dismiss being predicated upon the contention that appellant is without right of appeal herein by virtue of appellant’s alleged failure to timely answer appellee’s petition of expropriation in the lower…