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Code · Louisiana · Title 45 — Public Utilities and Carriers

RS 45:454

105 words·~1 min read·/la/title-45/45-261

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RS 45:454
§454. Action for cost of work; attorney's fee; damages
If the railway company or its receiver fails to pay the account within thirty days after presentation, as provided in R.S. 45:453, the owner of the land, farm, or plantation at whose expense the work has been done, has a right of action to recover the amount he has expended for the actual cost of doing the work, and in addition to the amount recovered in a judgment, shall receive an attorney's fee not exceeding fifteen per cent, and damages suffered by the refusal or neglect of the railway company to do the work.
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