Legal Opinion
Parish of East Baton Rouge v. Fontenot
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 10, 1971No. 8507Published
1Opinion of the Court
TUCKER, Judge.
This is an expropriation suit instituted by the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, against Emery J. Fontenot for the purpose of expropriating a right of .way to build an improved drainage structure of *231the area drained by the old channel of Claycut Bayou.
The lower court fixed the value of the expropriated usable property at $16,725.00 and also found severance damages in the amount of $16,250.00 from which judgment the Parish of East Baton Rouge appealed.
The defendant answered the appeal and asked that the award be increased $2,250.00 to cover the value of two bridges across…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- State ex rel. Department of Highways v. GarrickLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
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- Parish of East Baton Rouge v. Succession of CashioLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971