Rozas v. Evangeline Parish Police Jury

PETERS, Judge ad hoc.

Plaintiffs, Arthur L. Rozas and Anna A. Rozas, appeal the judgment dismissing their claims against the Evangeline Parish Police Jury for damages resulting from a breached contract for dredging a drainage canal through plaintiffs’ property. We affirm.

On October 16, 1969, plaintiffs signed a right-of-way grant giving the Parish of Evangeline the necessary right of way to dredge or clear Bayou Doza, which ran approximately 14 arpents through their property. Before signing the agreement, plaintiff Arthur L. Rozas had expressed concern that the contractor who was to do the…