State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Ourso

SARTAIN, Judge.

This is an expropriation proceeding occasioned by the taking of defendants’ property in Ascension Parish for the construction of Interstate 10 (State Project No. 450-11-02, Federal Aid Project No. 1-10-4(5)177, Dutchtown-Gonzales section.) Suit was filed on June 4, 1971, at which time the sum of $5,791.00 was deposited in the registry of the court and an Order of Expropriation was signed by the district judge.

The case was assigned for trial and heard on June 2, 1972. The court reporter was ill on that date but it was agreed by all parties that the matter would be heard without…