12738 Precedential Processed

State, Department of Highways v. Hammons

Louisiana Court of Appeal, Second Circuit · Filed November 6, 1975 · 322 So. 2d 279

Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 4th Cir., March 9, 1982 411 So. 2d 622

Cited by

State, Department of Highways v. Caldwell 375 So. 2d 165 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1979
State, Dept. of Highways v. Traina 347 So. 2d 55 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1977
Alexander v. STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS 342 So. 2d 1201 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1977
State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Shackelford 331 So. 2d 884 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1976
State, Department of Highways v. Coblentz 322 So. 2d 276 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1975

Authorities cited

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State, Department of Highways v. Coblentz 322 So. 2d 276
State, Dept. of Highways v. UNITED PENT. CHURCH OF HODGE 313 So. 2d 886
State, Department of Highways v. DeJean 322 So. 2d 265

Opinion text

322 So.2d 279 (1975) STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Reubin HAMMONS et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 12738. Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit. November 6, 1975. *280 Robert L. LeDoux, Bernard Malone, Jr., D. Ross Banister, William W. Irwin, Jr., Jerry F. Davis, John F. Sorli, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, Jack C. Fruge, Sr., Ville Platte, for plaintiff-appellant. Holloway, Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by Herman Castete, Jonesboro, for defendants-appellees. Before PRICE, DENNIS and MARVIN, JJ. PRICE, Judge. For the reasons assigned in the opinion of this Court this day handed down in State of Louisiana , through Department of Highways v. Coblentz, reported in 322 So. 2d 276 , the judgment appealed from in this case is amended to reduce the fees awarded to the expert witnesses as follows: O. L. Jordan $650 H. L. Bass $650 John Walker $450 Richard Crawford $125 The fee of Lavelle Nunn is disallowed as there is no authority for taxing the costs of photographs against the expropriating authority. State, through Department of Highways v. United Pentecostal Church of Hodge, 313 So.2d 886 (La.App. 2nd Cir. 1975). The judgment as amended is affirmed. DENNIS, J., concurs and assigns reasons. DENNIS, Judge (concurring): I concur for the reasons assigned in State of Louisiana, Department of Highways v. DeJean, La.App., 322 So.2d 265 , decided this day.