Legal Opinion
State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Lanier
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 20, 1990No. Nos. 21581-CA, 21582-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARVIN, Judge.
The State DOTD appeals judgments in consolidated actions under the quick-taking highway expropriation statute that awarded the landowners additional compensation and severance damages. The State contends that the landowners did not prove any severance damages and that legal interest should have been awarded from the date of each landowner’s demand for additional compensation rather than from the date of the taking.
We affirm.
FACTS
The State brought the action in May 1983 to acquire about 300 acres of land approximately 100 feet wide in Franklin Parish to widen La. Hwy. 15. DOTD…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Boswell v. Roy O. Martin Lumber Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- State, Through Department of Highways v. HoytSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State, Dept. of Hwys. v. Denham Springs Dev. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- Terrebonne v. South Lafourche Tidal ControlSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State Through DOTD v. Estate of DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
- McClendon v. State, Dept. of Transp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- State, Dept. of Transp. & Development v. SteinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990