Veillon v. City of Lafayette

KNOLL, Judge.

Lenis and Glory Veillon appeal the dismissal of their claim for damages against the City of Lafayette. The Vedlons’ home is located in an area through which a proposed major transportation project is routed. The Veillons sued the City of Lafayette seeking to enforce verbal communications that they would be relocated, and that the delay of 2h years in relocating them constitutes a “taking” of their property without compensation. The trial court held that there has not been a “taking” of the Veillons’ property, and that there was no written agreement wherein the City of Lafayette…