Lafayette Airport Commission v. Roy

CUTRER, Judge.

This is an expropriation case involving a 97 acre tract of land expropriated by the Lafayette Airport Commission and the Lafayette Parish Police Jury for extension of runways at the Lafayette Municipal Airport. A prior appeal in this case raised issues as to valuation and leasehold interest. After carefully reviewing the record in this complex case we amended the trial court judgment to substantially increase the award to the landowners. In addition, we reversed the judgment in part to recognize the leaseholder’s interest and award the leaseholder the fair market value of its…