{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-45-454","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 45:454","heading":"Action for cost of work; attorney's fee; damages","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 45. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=100024","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:55Z","sha256":"20a4751b501c98d65b4465e1bba73c7c6446bc778b585900459f865f1db406c6","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-45-453","next":"us-la/rs-45-455"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}