Case Name: STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WHITE ADVERTISING COMPANY, Defendant and Appellee
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1974-10-30
Citations: 304 So. 2d 788
Docket Number: No. 4738
Parties: STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WHITE ADVERTISING COMPANY, Defendant and Appellee.
Judges: Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and DO-MENGEAUX, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 304
Pages: 788–788

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WHITE ADVERTISING COMPANY, Defendant and Appellee.
No. 4738.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
Oct. 30, 1974.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 20, 1974.
Domengeaux, J., voted to grant rehearing.
Alva Jones, La. Dept, of Highways, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff and appellant.
Sanders, Miller, Downing & Kean by R. Gordon Kean, Jr., Baton- Rouge, and Plauche, Smith & Hebert by Reid K. Hebert, Lake Charles, for defendant and ap-pellee.
Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and DO-MENGEAUX, JJ.

Opinion:
CULPEPPER, Judge.
For the reasons stated in the- companion case of State of Louisiana, Through Department of Highways v. Lamar Advertising Company of Louisiana, Inc., 304 So.2d 779, in which a separate decision has been rendered by us this date, the judgment appealed herein is reversed and set aside.
It is now ordered, adjudged and decreed that there be judgment herein in favor of the plaintiff overruling defendant's exception of prematurity. This case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings in accordance with law and the views expressed herein. All costs of this appeal are assessed against the defendant appellee.
Reversed and remanded.
DOMENGEAUX, J., dissents for reasons in # 4736.