No. 5076 Precedential Processed

Branch v. Police Jury

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed March 15, 1874 · 26 La. Ann. 150

Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., September 29, 1972 267 So. 2d 255; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., June 29, 1960 122 So. 2d 845; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., November 7, 1910 8 Teiss. 20

Opinion text

Wyly, J. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment rejecting his demand of $1527 16, against the parish of Pointe Coupee for building a road and levee in said parish in 1861. The work was adjudicated by one of the inspectors of roads and *151 levees in said parish; but it is not shown that the police jury ever authorized the work, and that they provided funds necessary to pay for the same in the ordinance creating the debt. Revised Statutes of 1870, sec. 2786. Without this essential requisite, the parish of Pointe Coupee cannot be made liable for a debt like that presented by the plaintiff. Judgment affirmed.