American Disinfecting Co. v. Police Jury

In June, 1926, the sheriff of Grant Parish purchased 120 gallons of Dyo Concentrated Disinfectant and other materials from the plaintiff company to be used in disinfecting the courthouse and jail, and had the same charged to the police jury. The bill was presented to the police jury, and it refused to pay it. This suit followed.

The police jury resists the action on the ground that the sheriff purchased the disinfectants without its sanction or authority, and that the sheriff had no authority to bind the parish. Elaborating its answer, the police jury averred that in April, prior to the…