LONG v. BD. OF COM'RS FOR FIFTH LA. LEVEE D.

No. 16802-CA.

466 So.2d 44 (1985)

Robert Burney LONG, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR the FIFTH LOUISIANA LEVEE DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1985.

Writs Denied April 19 and June 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barham & Churchill, Robert E. Arceneaux, Ralph S. Hubbard, III, New Orleans, Seveir, Yerger & Bishop by Henry C. Sevier, Jr., Tallulah, Voelker, Ragland, Brackin & Crigler by Frank Voelker, Jr., Lake Providence, Lancaster, Baxter & Seale by E.H. Lancaster, Jr., Tallulah, for plaintiffs-appellees.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Gary Keyser, Kai Midboe, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baton Rouge, Michael O. Hesse, St. Francisville, C. Calvin Adams, Jr., Tallulah, for defendant-appellant.

Before MARVIN and SEXTON, JJ., and PRICE, J. Pro Tempore.


PRICE, Judge Pro Tempore.

The Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District (hereinafter referred to as "Levee Board") appeals a judgment of the district court awarding Robert Burney Long, Anna Long Case, and Jane Long Stuart (hereinafter referred to as the "Longs") $214,525.00 as the fair market value of property taken for a levee servitude, attorneys' fees in the amount of $71,508.33, and expert witness fees of $16,865.00.

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