Webb v. Grimmett & Janes

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit for property damages caused by the digging of a drainage ditch across the property of petitioner, Anna Webb, without the consent of petitioner. The defendants are Grimmett and Janes, a commercial partnership, Grimmett, Janes and Traylor, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Works, and the Police Jury of the Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana, The petitioner claims damages in the amount of $4,800, with 5% interest per annum from date of judicial demand until paid, and all costs.

After trial on the merits, the Lower…