Pieratt v. City of La Grange

McClendon, chief justice.

The Pieratts (Pieratt and wife) sued the City (City of La Grange) to recover loss of profits in Pieratt’s business as owner and operator of a gasoline filling station situated on a lot abutting on State Highway No. 71' in the city limits, the loss being occasioned by the temporary (April 1 to September 1, 1941) obstruction of the Highway, while it was being widened, paved and otherwise reconditioned. Liability was predicated upon a contract between the City and the Department (State Highway Department), under which the Department did the work and the City assumed all…