Marceaux v. Town of Lake Arthur

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This is a suit for damages resulting from an alleged unjust enrichment.1 Plaintiff-appellant, Hugh Marceaux, is the twenty year owner and operator of Price’s Fish Market located on the shore of Lake Ar*611thur, in Lake Arthur, Louisiana. The defendants-appellees are the Town of Lake Arthur and the Department of Transportation and Development of the State of Louisiana.

We ascertain the facts to be as follows:

Plaintiff owned and equipped the building housing his fish market, but leased the location from the Town of Lake Arthur. In the mid-1960s a project was initiated to develop…