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STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. LEGER

No. 1317.

170 So.2d 399 (1965)

STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Horace LEGER, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 5, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Glenn S. Darsey, Braxton B. Croom, Ben C. Norgress, by Braxton B. Croom, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Fusilier, Pucheu & Soileau, by J. William Pucheu, Ville Platte, Fruge & Foret, by J. Burton Foret, Ville Platte, for defendant-appellee.

Before SAVOY, HOOD, and CULPEPPER, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Acting under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 48:441-460, the plaintiff expropriated a narrow strip of land across the front of defendant's property for the purpose of widening an existing highway right of way. The State deposited $1,675 as just compensation to the landowner, of which amount $705 was for the value of the land taken and $970 was for consequential damages to the remaining land and improvements. After a trial on the merits the district judge...

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