State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Hoyt

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This is an expropriation suit brought under La.R.S. 48:441 et seq., the quick-taking statute, by the Department of Highways in connection with the expansion of U. S. Highway 167-71 in Rapides Parish.

Defendants, James P. Hoyt, Jr. and his wife, owned a 2.378 acre tract of land fronting on the old U. S. Highway 167-71 between Lecompte and Alexandria. The property was irregularly shaped, resembling an elongated trapezium. The two longer sides ran north to south approximately parallel to the existing highway. The side closest to the highway had highway frontage of about 1800…