Police Jury for Parish of St. Landry v. Alexandria Gravel Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Action by Police Jury for the Parish of St. Landry and Elijah Fisher against the Alexandria Gravel Company and another. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
On April 30, 1914, the p"olice jury for the parish of St. Landry en-. tered into two separate contracts, one with the Alexandria Gravel Company to furnish 25,000 to 30,000 cubic yards of pit-run gravel to be delivered to different switches on railroads for the purpose of paving four different highways running into the city of Opelousas. The gravel company gave bond in the sum of $8,550, with the Southwestern Security Company as security for the faithful performance of the contract. The second contract was made by the police jury with Elijah Fisher to spread gravel and to pave the several…
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