Legal Opinion
Frensley v. Gravity Drainage District No. 5
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 30, 1965No. 1548PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULPEPPER, Judge.
Plaintiffs’ six year old boy drowned in a drainage canal maintained by defendant. The parents sue for damages on the grounds that the canal is an attractive nuisance and/or defendant was guilty of negligence. From an adverse decision of the district judge on the merits, plaintiffs appeal.
There is no substantial issue of fact. The defendant, Gravity Drainage District No. 5 of Calcasieu Parish, was created by popular vote in 1957, and a bond issue of $7,500,000 approved, for the purpose of improving drainage in the city of Sulphur and its immediate vicinity. The entire drainage…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Saxton v. Plum Orchards, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Slaughter v. Gravity Drainage District No. 4Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Burris v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
- Holland v. VidrineLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Phillips v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
3Cited by3 opinions
- Allien v. Louisiana Power & Light CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Curry v. Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Frensley v. Gravity Drainage District No. 5Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1966