State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Rooks

GLADNEY, Judge.

This expropriation suit, instituted on May 4, 1959, involves property of the defendants located in the Village of Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana. A deposit of $11,455 the asserted value of the property *126expropriated, was made, and respondents answered asking that the value of the property, together with severance damages, be fixed at $37,500. After trial, judgment was rendered fixing defendants’ compensation at the sum of $18,374, subject to a credit for the amount previously deposited. From this decree the plaintiff has appealed.

The taking is for highway purposes under…