State ex rel. Sabine River Authority v. Miller

HOOD, Judge.

The plaintiff in this expropriation suit, State of Louisiana, through the Sabine *604River Authority, seeks to expropriate a 92.73-acre tract of land owned by defendant, Ross Miller. Judgment on the merits was rendered by the trial court adjudicating the fee title of the property, less the minerals, to plaintiff, and awarding defendant the total sum of $16,259.16 as the value of the property expropriated and as severance damages to the mineral rights which were not taken. The judgment does not provide for the payment of interest on the amount awarded.

Plaintiff appealed, contending…