State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Randolph

SAVOY, Judge.

The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, filed suit under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 48:441-460 to expropriate for highway purposes a strip of land belonging to defendant, and containing an area of 1,377 square feet, located on U. S. Highway 167 in the Village of Turkey Creek in the Parish of Evangeline, Louisiana. Plaintiff deposited the sum of $1,155.00 in the Registry of the court; $55.00 being compensation to defendant for the property taken, and $1,100.00 for severance damages to the remainder of defendant’s property.

*398After a trial in the district court,…