Police Jury v. McDonogh

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The defendant has appealed from a judgment rendered against him in favor of the plaintiffs, for the cost of a levée made in front of his land, in the parish of East Baton Rouge.

The inspector of roads and levéeá for the district in which the land is situated, adjudicated the making of the levée to F. D. Newcomb, for $950. The levée was made and accepted by the plaintiffs, and Newcomb, having ascertained that the inspector had failed to notify the absent proprietor in the manner required by the act of 1829 concerning roads and levées, claimed…