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urn: urn:us-la:rs:45:454
citation: "R.S. 45:454"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 45 › Chapter 6 › Part IV"
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# 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.