State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Natchitoches Country Club

HOOD, Judge.

This is a highway expropriation suit instituted by the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, against the Natchitoches Country Club. It was consolidated for trial with two other cases which we are deciding on this date. See State of Louisiana, through Department of Highways v. Turpin, La.App., 348 So.2d 135, and State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways v. Country Club Acres, Inc., La.App., 348 So.2d 138.

In this proceeding the Highway Department expropriated 2.098 acres, out of a 45.648-acre parent tract owned by defendant, for use in constructing a…