Rapp v. Police Jury of Tensas Parish

This is an appeal from a judgment which dismissed the suit on an exception of no cause of action.

The plaintiffs, five in number, are farmers and reside in the eastern portion of Franklin parish adjacent to what is known as the Big Lake country. This portion of Franklin parish borders the parishes of Tensas and Madison.

The dividing line between the parishes of Franklin and Tensas is what is known as Roaring Bayou, and the territory between ibis bayou and Tensas river and which is in Tensas parish is composed of woodland and is an open range in which petitioners and many others residing in both…