City of Gretna v. Gosserand

McCALEB, Judge.

The City of Gretna brought this suit against Louis H. Gosserand, its former attorney, for an accounting.

The petition and exhibits attached thereto» reveal the following facts:

On September 17,1931, the City of Gretna adopted Ordinances Nos. 541 and 54Z whereby it accepted certain drainage and' paving work on Lafayette avenue and on-Second street which had been constructed by the Hardaway Contracting Company under a contract dated March 23, 1931. Under-prior Ordinance No. 498, the city, in conformity with Act No. 3 of the Extra Session of the Louisiana Legislature of 1929, had'…