Warren v. Police Jury of Washington Parish

This is a suit instituted by the plaintiff, John E. Warren, who seeks to recover from the Police Jury of the Parish of Washington the sum of $649.60 for hauling gravel and road material which, he alleges, was used for the improvement of the public roads in Ward Eight of that Parish. In his petition he avers that the work was done under a contract with Wesley Thomas, member of the Police Jury from that Ward, all in accordance with the custom which has prevailed in the said Parish for doing that kind of work, for a period of more than twenty years.

The amount he claims is represented by five…