Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Fontane
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 4, 1966No. 6620PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIS, Judge.
Plaintiff, under authority of R.S. 48:441 et seq., expropriated 5.577 acres of defendants’ property in the City of Baton Rouge for the purpose of constructing part of a controlled access highway which is now in use. Pursuant to statute, the Highway Department secured the services of two appraisers, Mr. John Lejeune and Mr. Le-Roy Cobb, who appraised the value of the land taken at $21,895.00 and the damage to the remainder of the land at $10,977.00. The sum of these two amounts was deposited with the court at the time the order of expropriation was signed.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Parish of Iberia v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
- State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. RapierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
- Central Louisiana Electric Co. v. HarangLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Plaquemines Parish School Board v. MillerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- Central Louisiana Electric Co. v. MireLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State, Department of Highways v. MouledousLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- State v. JenkinsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. WolfeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
- Louisiana Southern Railway Co. v. GoreLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. BuschLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
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