MOORHEAD v. STATE, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 13410.

353 So.2d 1103 (1977)

Willene Peevy MOORHEAD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & Johnson by Don H. Johnson, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by Herman A. Castete, Jonesboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PRICE, HALL and JONES, JJ.


JONES, Judge.

Defendant appeals a judgment awarding plaintiff $1,854.50 damages for trespass committed by defendant on her property adjacent to the highway right-of-way of U.S. # 167 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. We affirm.

Defendant was widening U.S. # 167, and while this work was being performed adjacent to plaintiff's property, the individuals doing the work trespassed beyond defendant's right-of-way onto plaintiff's property removing four pine trees, one...

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