Gallett v. City of Sulphur

TATE, Judge.

This is a companion suit to Breaux v. City of Sulphur, La.App., 85 So.2d 723. It arises from the alleged illegal trespass by the City of Sulphur in laying a sewer line on property, the fee title to which is in plaintiff Gallett. The City appeals from judgment in favor of Gallett in the amount of $150 for damages due to the illegal trespass on his land. Gallett has not answered the appeal. (The claim against co-defendants Thelma A. Mitchell Simon et al., contractors, was settled by amicable compromise in advance of trial.)

The facts, virtually undisputed and pre-ponderately proved…