State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Colomb

CHASEZ, Judge.

This suit was instituted by the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, pursuant to the provisions of LSA-R.S. 48:441 et seq., to expropriate for highway purposes certain property owned by the defendant, Miss Marcelle Colomb. *281On May 24, 1965 the plaintiff deposited in the registry of the court the sum of $22,-970.00, its estimate of the value of the property taken, and the property was ordered expropriated on May 26, 1965. The defendant withdrew this depositwa The defendant withdrew this deposit and exercised her rights to contest the State’s valuation of the…