Recreation & Parks Commission, Parish of East Baton Rouge v. Loret

LANDRY, Judge.

This is an expropriation proceeding in which plaintiff, the expropriating authority (Commission), appeals the judgment fixing the value of an 11.65 acre tract taken from defendant-owner (Appellee) in the sum of $93,400.00. Appellee has answered the appeal praying that the value of her property be fixed in the sum of $141,167.00. We affirm.

The Commission alleges the trial court erred in failing to hold that a portion of the price paid for the comparable primarily relied upon in fixing value was due to the probability of a rezoning of the comparable to a less restrictive…