BOARD OF COM'RS OF TENSAS v. CRAWFORD

Nos. 98-1605, 98-1606.

731 So.2d 508 (1999)

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF the TENSAS BASIN LEVEE DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry W. CRAWFORD and Marjorie Crawford, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Joseph Bertrand, Theo J. Coenen, III, Rayville, for Board of Com'rs of the Tensas Basin Levee Dist.

Norman Magee, Ferriday, for Larry W. Crawford and Marjorie Crawford.

BEFORE: COOKS, DECUIR, and AMY, Judges.


COOKS, Judge.

This appeal arises as the result of the Tensas Levee District's (District) expropriation of property owned by Larry W. Crawford and Marjorie Crawford (Crawfords). The District appeals the amount of compensation awarded the Crawfords for their loss. The court also awarded the Crawfords attorney's fees, expert witness fees, and legal interest. For reasons which follow, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.1

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