State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

ALFORD, Judge.

Pursuant to LSA R.S. 48:441-460 (Louisiana’s quick-taking statute), plaintiff-appellee, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), initiated an expropriation proceeding against defendant-appellant, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICGR), seeking a right-of-way for the completion of the Scotlandville Interstate By-Pass for State Route La. 1-110 over a tract burdened with a right-of-way servitude held by ICGR. The parties were unable to agree on the granting of a conventional right-of-way servitude, and thus, this expropriation suit was…