City of Baton Rouge v. Bridge City Realty Co.

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit for the expropriation of 155.956 acres of land zoned for heavy industrial use. The title of the land was vested by stipulation of counsel and the only question before the Lower Court was market value of the property to be expropriated. The date of taking was stipulated as August 15, 1969, as such was the date possession was taken by the city.

The subject property falls into several categories. There are 68.211 acres on a bluff having an elevation of approximately 70 feet and 87.745 acres of land from the bluff line to the center line of the Baton Rouge Harbor…