Legal Opinion
State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Willard E. Robertson Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 12, 1990No. Nos. 89-CA-1435 to 89-CA-1439PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOBRANO, Judge.
In these consolidated expropriation cases, Banner Chevrolet, Inc. (Banner), the lessee of the tracts expropriated, was awarded damages in the total sum of $877,-754.57, plus interest and 25% attorney fees. The Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) perfects this appeal asserting several procedural and evidentiary errors by the trial court. We affirm.
In connection with the construction of the Industrial Canal Bridge and related approaches in eastern New Orleans, it was necessary that DOTD acquire portions of five contiguous tracts of land. Those properties were…
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