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MATHERNE v. TERREBONNE PARISH POLICE JURY

No. CA 84 0306.

462 So.2d 274 (1984)

Carroll MATHERNE v. TERREBONNE PARISH POLICE JURY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writs Denied February 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Stark, Grady C. Weeks, Houma, for plaintiff and appellee Carroll Matherne.

Joseph G. Kopfler, Jerry L. Hermann, Houma, William J. Doran, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant and appellant Terrebonne Parish Police Jury.

R. Gordon Kean, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Louisiana Mun. Assn.

Before COLE, CARTER and LANIER, JJ.

COLE, Judge.

The principal issue here presented is the proper measure of damages for the use of land pursuant to La.R.S. 38:113, which provides for the control of public drainage channels and the preservation of their efficiency. In this case the defendant parish governing authority was made to compensate the plaintiff landowner for the use of his land in an amount in excess of its actual value. Also presented for our review...

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