State ex rel. Clement Betpouey, Jr. & Co. v. Jefferson Parish Waterworks Dist. No. Five

McCALEB, Justice.

This matter comes to us on appeal from a judgment dismissing relator’s suit on exceptions of no right or cause of action and improper cumulation of actions.

The suit is the outgrowth of a certain public letting by Jefferson Parish Waterworks District Number Five and its subsequent award of a contract for the erection of a water distribution system to Hebert Brothers, Engineers. Relator, claiming that it was the lowest responsible bidder, instituted these mandamus proceedings to compel the District and the individual members of its Board of Commissioners to accept its bid and…