State Department of Transportation & Development v. Estate of McDade

VICTORY, Judge.

State of Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) appeals a trial court ruling sustaining a pleading by court appointed counsel that the named defendants were improper defendants and setting aside all pleadings, orders, and judgments in the lawsuit. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

On August 9,1989, DOTD filed a petition to expropriate in full ownership a tract of land in Winn Parish containing approximately 0.563 of an acre for the purpose of State Project No. 91-06-17, Junction La 505-Dodson Highway, on State Route La 126. Named as defendants were Sarah Lee…