State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Mims

Full title: STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: May 5, 1975

311 So. 2d 921 (La. Ct. App. 1975)

Opinion

No. 4960.

May 5, 1975.

APPEAL FROM 10TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES; HONORABLE W. PEYTON CUNNINGHAM, JR., JUDGE.

Jack C. Fruge, Ville Platte, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Brittain Williams (Jack O. Brittain), Natchitoches, for defendant-appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER, MILLER, DOMENGEAUX, and WATSON, JJ.

MILLER, Judge.

For reasons assigned in the consolidated case of State, Dept. of Highways v. Mims, 311 So.2d 914 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1975) handed down this date, the trial court judgment is reversed and the case is remanded for a new trial.

Reversed and remanded.

WATSON, J., dissents and assigns written reasons.

WATSON, J., dissents for the same reasons assigned in No. 4959.