ADAMS v. STATE, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 13502.

357 So.2d 1239 (1978)

W. R. ADAMS, and Lilly Adams, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall W. Wroten, Robert J. Jones, David K. Balfour, Charles A. O'Brien, III by Charles A. O'Brien, III, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

C. Calvin Adams, Jr., Tallulah, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and MARVIN, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied May 10, 1978.

MARVIN, Judge.

Near, or arguably on, the right of way of a state highway traversing the front of plaintiffs' residential property, there grew a landmark pecan tree distinctively shaped by the ravages of time and lightning and called by plaintiffs, their relatives and friends, the Statue-of-Liberty tree.

This case arose when the State cut down the tree. Judgment below included an award for damages for mental anguish...

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