WRIGHT v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

No. 11949.

359 So.2d 635 (1978)

Jasper K. WRIGHT, Jr., Testamentary Executor of the Succession of Jasper K. Wright v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS of the State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Butler, III, Houma, for plaintiff and appellee.

Charles Wm. Roberts, Baton Rouge, for defendant and appellant.

Before BLANCHE, COVINGTON and CHIASSON, JJ.


BLANCHE, Judge.

Defendant, Department of Highways, has appealed the judgment of the trial court which found it in contempt of court for violating an injunction, awarded $500 damages to the plaintiff and $22 in court costs. Plaintiff, Jasper K. Wright, Jr., answered the appeal and asked that the damages be increased to $5,000, that the amended judgment be affirmed and that the Department of Highways be made to pay the legal costs in the trial court and in this appeal...

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