State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Moseley

FRED W. JONES, Judge.

In December, 1974 the State of Louisiana through the Department of Highways (“State”) filed three suits under La. R.S. 48:441 et seq. (“quick taking” statute) to expropriate certain property belonging to the defendants, either individually or jointly, for the purpose of widening Louisiana Highway 4 in Franklin Parish from a two-lane to a four-lane thoroughfare. In October, 1975 the State filed another three suits against the same defendants to expropriate additional property lying adjacent to that first taken in order to relocate utilities. These six suits were…