State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Ebrecht

LANDRY, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Highways (hereinafter sometimes referred to and designated simply as “Department”), from the judgment of the trial court fixing the value of real property belonging to defendant Peter J. Ebrecht, Sr., and expropriated by the Department for highway purposes.

Appellant, Department, deposited in the registry of the trial court the sum of $10,-030 (the appraised value of defendant’s property as ascertained by appellant’s appraisers). The trial court, however, awarded defendant-owner compensation and severance…