Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Garrick
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 16, 1970No. 8083PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SARTAIN, Judge.
The issues on the appeal of this expropriation suit are limited to the finding of severance damages and the amount of expert witness fees for the defendant landowner’s expert witness, whose testimony was the basis for calculating those damages.
*279The expert witnesses for the Department of Highways testified that no severance damages resulted from the expropriation in question. The defendant’s expert estimated severance damages at 35% of the value of the property before the taking.
The trial judge found that severance damages did in fact result and used the figure of 35%, the only…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Reymond v. State Ex Rel. Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
- State, Department of Highways v. MasonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
- Rudolph Ramelli, Inc. v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- Patin v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- Thomas & Warner, Inc. v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. GarrickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- State Roads Commission of State Highway Administration v. BrannonCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1984
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. RiversLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Parish of East Baton Rouge v. FontenotLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971