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CALDWELL COUNTRY CLUB v. DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 15683-CA.

438 So.2d 723 (1983)

CALDWELL COUNTRY CLUB, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Department of Public Works), Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Frederick, Jr., Sharon F. Lyles, Robert W. Stratton, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Cameron C. Minard, Columbia, for plaintiff-appellee.

Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn by H. Bruce Shreves & Michael R. Daigle, New Orleans, for third party-defendants-appellees, Fidelity Fire Ins. Co.

Don C. Burns, Dist. Atty., Columbia, for third party-defendant-appellee, Caldwell Parish Police Jury.

Before PRICE, HALL and SEXTON, JJ.

PRICE, Judge.

Defendant, Department of Transportation and Development (Department of Public Works) appeals from a judgment for $12,000 to plaintiff, Caldwell Country Club, as a result of improvements to a drainage channel which allegedly caused flooding and silting of plaintiff's golf course. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and amend the judgment of the trial court for the following reasons.

Hurricane Creek is the natural drainage channel for a populated...

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