Mollere v. State, Department of Transportation & Development, Office of Highways

CURRAULT, Judge.

This appeal originates in the Fortieth Judicial District Court, Division “B”, Parish of St. John the Baptist, wherein the Honorable Thomas J. Malik rendered judgment in favor of plaintiffs for Six Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Eight Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($6,498.16) and against defendants for defendants’ wrongful removal of plaintiffs’ outdoor advertising sign. We reverse.

Moliere Furniture and Appliance Company constructed a large sign advertising their place of business sometime in 1972. The sign was erected some thirty feet from the Highway Department’s right-of-way which…