La. Stat. tit. 45 § 454
Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 1-3, 6-671
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.
La. R.S. § 45:454