State ex rel. Sabine River Authority v. Woodard

FRUGE, Judge.

This is an action by the Sabine River Authority (an agency created under LSA-Const. Art. 14, Sec. 45) to expropriate a 70-acre tract of land belonging to Oriole Montgomery Woodard and M. E. Woodard. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of the defendant landowners for $6,509.00. The Sabine River Authority has appealed, contending that the trial court erred in awarding $15.00 per acre as severance damages to the mineral rights retained by defendant landowners. The defendant landowners have answered the appeal, asking for an increase in the principal award and for interest…