Vujnovich v. State ex rel. Department of Public Works

McBRIDE, Judge.

After a hearing on the merits of this cause the trial judge rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff, Peter Vujnovich, and against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Works, for $73,200.-00, from which the State has appealed.

Plaintiff is the owner of a wáter bottom lease consisting of 183 acres in Creole Bay, Parish of Jefferson, for the cultivation of oysters, said lease being located about one mile from Barataría Bay Waterway, which had been constructed by the United States Engineers pursuant to Public Law No. 14, 79th Congress of the United States, 59…