HAMILTON v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT

No. 47551.

174 So.2d 529 (1965)

247 La. 784

William B. HAMILTON et al. v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilkinson, Lewis, Woods & Carmody, W. Scott Wilkinson, William B. Hamilton, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-petitioners.

J. N. Marcantel, John Gallagher, Andrew B. Gallagher, Shreveport, for defendant-respondent.


FOURNET, Chief Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, on the application of the plaintiffs1, sustaining the defendant's plea of governmental immunity from tort liability and reversing the judgment of the trial court awarding them damages to their respective properties as the result of the City of Shreveport's action in raising the...

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