Legal Opinion
State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Williamson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 21, 1991No. 22,683-CAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Judge.
In 1983 the State of Louisiana expropriated a long strip of property in Franklin Parish for the purpose of widening Louisiana Highway 15. In a previous appeal, this court affirmed the value set by the trial court for the property taken but reversed the amount set for attorney fees. Department of Transportation & Development v. Williamson, 557 So.2d 731 (La. App.2d Cir.1990). We remanded the case to the trial court for the purpose of conducting an evidentiary hearing to determine a reasonable attorney fee award.
After receiving evidence on remand, the trial court found that a…
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