State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Kilchrist

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This case involves a property dispute which arose after expropriation proceedings were filed by the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, in the construction of State Route La. 3052. Appellant, Louis F. Kilchrist, and appellee, Sterling Sugars, Inc., are both claiming the proceeds of a 1.32 acre tract expropriated by the State.

The tract in question is a very narrow strip of land situated between a coulee known as Peebles Coulee, and Louisiana Highway 83, a few miles south of the City of New Iberia, in Iberia Parish. The tract separates a larger tract of property…