Opinion
No. 10138.
February 10, 1975. Rehearing Denied March 10, 1975
APPEAL FROM 22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE WALLACE A. EDWARDS, J.
Alvin J. Liska, New Orleans, for appellant.
Clint L. Pierson, Jr., Covington, for appellee.
Before LANDRY, BLANCHE and NEHRBASS, JJ.
For the reasons set forth in State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Highways v. Hunter, et al., Number 10,137 on the docket of this Court, reported this day in 309 So.2d 786, with which this matter was consolidated for trial:
It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the judgment rendered herein granting William T. Kentzel and John J. Graham judgment against the Department in the sum of $26,814.00, be and the same is hereby amended to reduce said award to the sum of $25,958.15, subject to credit for the sum of $19,094.00 deposited by the Department, or a net judgment in the sum of $6,864.15, together with interest thereon at 5% per annum from February 4, 1970; all costs of these proceedings for which the Department may be legally cast shall be paid by the Department.
Amended and rendered.