Case Name: STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wallace R. ELLENDER, Jr., Defendant-Appellee
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1979-04-16
Citations: 371 So. 2d 638
Docket Number: No. 12357
Parties: STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wallace R. ELLENDER, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before SARTAIN, CHIASSON and EDWARDS, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 371
Pages: 638–638

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wallace R. ELLENDER, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12357.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
April 16, 1979.
Rehearing Denied May 29, 1979.
Bryan Miller and Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.
Thomas L. Wright, Houma, for defendant-appellee.
Before SARTAIN, CHIASSON and EDWARDS, JJ.

Opinion:
SARTAIN, Judge.
For reasons assigned this date in State v. Louisiana Through the Department of Highways, No. 12,358, La.App., 371 So.2d 626, the judgment of the trial court is amended to reduce the value of the part taken from $10,000.00 per acre to $7500.00 per acre, with the proper acreage to be determined on remand, and to reduce the award for severance damages from the sum of $12,500.00 to the sum of $4445.12, less a credit of $2000.00 for each culvert placed by the State for Tra<?t 1- 7.
The assessment of costs is to await a final determination on the merits.
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED.