KEY v. LOUISIANA, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 13499.

357 So.2d 1230 (1978)

Joseph G. KEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1978.

Writ Refused June 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & Johnson by Don H. Johnson, Monroe, for State of La., Dept. of Highways, defendant-appellant.

Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for Joseph G. Key, plaintiff-appellee.

Brown, Wicker & Lee by O. P. Barnes, III, Monroe, for third party defendant-appellee, Louisiana Paving Co., Inc.

Before BOLIN, HALL and JONES, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied May 10, 1978.

JONES, Judge.

Defendant in this inverse condemnation proceeding appeals a judgment awarding plaintiff damages as a result of flooding and silting of his residential rent property and denying its third party demand against the contractor. The award was based upon a finding that plaintiff's damages were caused by defendant's construction activities in widening U. S. Highway # 167 in Jonesboro, Louisiana.

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