Gascon v. State ex rel. Department of Public Safety

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit by Houston C. Gascon, Sr., as petitioner, against the State of Louisiana through the Department of Public Safety, General David Wade, the Director of State Police, and Captain Coleman Vi-drine of the State Police, wherein the petitioner seeks damages for the alleged illegal destruction of some 55 slot machines. The Lower Court rendered a judgment in favor of petitioner and against defendants jointly, severally and in solido in the total sum of $16,332.50. The defendants have taken this appeal.

The evidence reflects that on July 20, 1969, the defendants seized…