Case Name: GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT DISTRICT et al. v. Mrs. Florence Hobgood HAYS et al.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-11-21
Citations: 353 So. 2d 357
Docket Number: No. 11634
Parties: GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT DISTRICT et al. v. Mrs. Florence Hobgood HAYS et al.
Judges: Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 353
Pages: 357–358

Head Matter:
GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT DISTRICT et al. v. Mrs. Florence Hobgood HAYS et al.
No. 11634.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
Nov. 21, 1977.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 28, 1977.
Writ Refused Feb. 10, 1978.
Joseph F. Keogh, Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, of counsel, for plaintiffs-appellees Greater Baton Rouge Airport District et al.
Ashton L. Stewart, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for defendants-appellants Mrs. Florence Hobgood Hays et al.
Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.
. La., 341 So.2d 403 (1977).

Opinion:
PONDER, Judge.
Defendants appealed from a judgment denying interest on an expropriation award prior to the date of judgment.
The issue is the effect of concurring reasons given in the denial of a writ of certio-rari or review. We affirm.
In October, 1972, plaintiff by agreement with the defendants entered on defendants' land to cut some trees in line with the runway at the Greater Baton Rouge Airport. In December, 1973, plaintiff filed an expropriation suit for an avigation servitude; this was granted in November, 1975. The judgment rejected defendants' demands for interest from October, 1972, but did allow interest from the date of filing of suit. This Court amended the judgment to allow interest from the date of judgment only. The Supreme Court acted on the application for writs as follows:
"Writ denied. The result is correct.
Additional concurring reasons.
We construe the judgment of the Court of Appeal as an award of the avigation servitude to the plaintiffs and a money judgment in favor of defendants.
. 339 So.2d 431 (1st Cir. 1976).