Louisiana Court of Appeal April 13, 1989, Nos. 88-CA-1816 to 88-CA-1820 (State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development v. Willard E. Robertson Corp.)

BYRNES, Judge.

This consolidated litigation involves four cases in which the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (the “State”), expropriated parcels from tracts of land and one in which the State obtained a parcel of a fifth tract by voluntary sale. The cases were referred to a commissioner pursuant to LSA-R.S. 13:1171.