LAKE PROVIDENCE PORT COM'N v. HOLLYBROOK LAND CO.

No. 10122.

162 So.2d 412 (1964)

LAKE PROVIDENCE PORT COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HOLLYBROOK LAND COMPANY, Incorporated, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing April 13, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Voelker & Ragland, Lake Providence, for appellant.

McIntosh, Hester & Gilfoil, Captan Jack Wyly, Lake Providence, for appellee.

Before HARDY, AYRES and BOLIN, JJ.


HARDY, Judge.

This is an action by plaintiff for the appropriation of some 405 acres of land owned by the defendant, Hollybrook Land Company on the bank of the Mississippi River near Lake Providence. From judgment awarding Hollybrook the sum of $40,000.00 as the value of the property taken, the defendant has appealed from the award, praying for an increase and plaintiff has answered the appeal, seeking a decrease in the award made.

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