CITY OF LAFAYETTE v. CASON

No. 7959.

393 So.2d 424 (1980)

CITY OF LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilton Robert CASON et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Logan, Jr., Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Allen R. Ingram, Lafayette, for plaintiffappellee.

Before FORET, SWIFT and LABORDE, JJ.


SWIFT, Judge.

The City of Lafayette instituted this expropriation proceeding against Wilton R. Cason, the landowner, and his lessee, C & B Sales and Service, Inc., to widen and improve Guilbeau Road. It involves the taking of a strip of land across the front of Cason's property on the north side of Gilbeau approximately 18 feet wide containing 3,607 square feet. It was stipulated that the market value of the land was $3.70 a square foot. Following the trial and...

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