Ferre Canal Co. v. Burgin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from tbe Eighteenth Judicial District, Parish of Acadia.— DeBaillon, J. -
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Provosty, J.
The plaintiff, a corporation engaged in supplying farmers with water for the irrigation of rice crops and owning the canals, pumping machinery, etc., required for that purpose, furnished water to the defendáis, a rice farmer, for the irrigation of his crop of 1900, and now claims of the defendant one-fifth of his rice crop of that year, or the value thereof, basing itself in said demand on a contract. The suit is accompanied by sequestration.
Defendant admits his obligation to pay for the water, but denies that there was a contract; and, in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bloeker v. TillmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1832
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