2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries
RS 48:219 - Estoppel of contest after commencement of work; damages

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§219. Estoppel of contest after commencement of work; damages

After the department has laid out a highway or other facility undertaken by the Department of Transportation and Development over a certain tract of land and the work thereon has commenced without objection on the part of the landowner, the landowner may not prevent or retard the construction thereof by any legal process, but is limited to an action for damages.

Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1.

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