Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Genest
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 5, 1968No. 2487PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Judge.
The Department expropriated the defendants’ land for highway purposes. The landowners’ appeal urges that the trial court incorrectly failed to award severance damages. By its answer to the appeal, the Department contends that the award for the land taken is excessive.
Prior to the taking, the defendants owned a 17-acre1 tract fronting west on a two-lane blacktop highway. By the taking, a %oth-acre strip across the front was taken for a 2-lane feeder road into a new 4-lane highway to the south of the property. For this major highway itself, a 6j4-acre strip was taken through the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. BlackLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- State, Department of Highways v. MoresiLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. DavisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. BrammerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- State, Department of Highways v. NeyreyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
3Cited by4 opinions
- State, Dept. of Highways v. UNITED PENT. CHURCH OF HODGELouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
- State, Dept. of Highways v. EubanksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. WarnerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. GormleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978