State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Entre Nous, Inc.

BOUTALL, Judge.

This appeal arises from a suit instituted by plaintiff, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, seeking to expropriate certain property in St. John The Baptist Parish in order to accommodate new left turn lanes on Airline Highway. Defendant, Entre Nous, Inc., is the owner of a 261 acre unimproved tract of land fronting on the Airline Highway. Plaintiff is expropriating a strip of the tract fronting along the Highway measuring 32' in depth by a length of 828', being 0.542 acres in area. The Department of Highways has appealed and the sole issue raised is the…