ZERINGUE v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. AND DEVELOPMENT

Nos. 86-CA-482, 86-CA-483.

505 So.2d 1152 (1987)

Louise Hymel ZERINGUE v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT. Henry HYMEL, et al. v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Aucoin, Vacherie, for appellants.

Norman L. Sisson, Bernard L. Malone, Jr., Ray Dry, Robert J. Adams, Lafayette, for appellee.

Before KLIEBERT, WICKER and GOTHARD, JJ.


WICKER, Judge.

The trial judge ruled in plaintiffs' favor in this suit for a rescission for lesion beyond moiety. Plaintiffs appeal and ask for an award of additional damages for alleged diminution in value to adjacent property (severance damages). We affirm.

The plaintiffs (Zeringue and Hymel) were owners of tracts of land in St. John the Baptist Parish consisting of batture as well as other land on the other side of the levee and road. This land was required...

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