State ex rel. McWilliams v. Atchafalaya-Teche-Vermilion Co.

Defendant company was organized mainly for the purpose of furnishing necessary water to rice planters oh the Bayou Teche and along the Bayou Vermilion for the purpose of irrigating their fields. In order to accomplish this object, said company entered into a contract with relator for dredging in Bayou Courtableu, thence in Bayou Teche, and the dredging of a cut-off or canal between Bayou Teche (at a point below Breaux Bridge) and Bayou Vermilion and further dredging in Bayou Vermilion.

After completing a large portion of the work, and after the ¡failure of defendant company to pay for same,…