Wright v. Department of Highways

BLANCHE, Judge.

Defendant, Department of Highways, has appealed the judgment of the trial court which found it in contempt of court for violating an injunction, awarded $500 damages to the plaintiff and $22 in court costs. Plaintiff, Jasper K. Wright, Jr., answered the appeal and asked that the damages be increased to $5,000, that the amended judgment be affirmed and that the Department of Highways be made to pay the legal costs in the trial court and in this appeal.

The Department started to erect an aerial bridge over Concord Street in Houma, Louisiana. Plaintiff, whose ancestor in title had…