State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Rivers

BLANCHE, Judge.

The defendant-appellee, Helen Seal Rivers, was the owner of two lots in the City of Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, which were located on the east side of Vance Street (now Sullivan Drive) and bounded on the south by Bund Street and on the north by Charlevolt Street. As part of State Project No. 30-03-09, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, expropriated approximately 4.57 feet from the entire frontage of the property on Vance Street, a length of approximately 209.94 feet and expropriated a depth of 10 feet from the entire length of the property…