ALEXANDER v. STATE, DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 90-CA-489.

572 So.2d 644 (1990)

Burnis ALEXANDER v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied February 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foye L. Lowe, Jr., Sr. Atty., Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Craig J. Cimo, Gretna, for appellee.

Before CHEHARDY, C.J., and DUFRESNE and GOTHARD, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

This is a suit for the return of 13 antique slot machines seized by the State Police in a 1987 gambling raid on a Knights of Columbus "Las Vegas Night" charitable fund-raising event. The Department of Public Safety (i.e., the State Police) has appealed from a judgment ordering the return of the slot machines to the plaintiff. The plaintiff has answered the appeal, seeking $625 for damages the machines allegedly sustained while in the custody...

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