DeMoss v. Police Jury

The plaintiff brings this action against the Parish of Bossier for damages to his crops caused by cattle which got into his field after a fence had. been torn down in order to widen a public road, it being alleged that the fence was torn down by the road contractors by order of the highway engineer working for and under orders of the Police Jury.

The Police Jury- tendered an exception of no cause of action, which was overruled by the lower court. Upon trial, judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff, and defendant, the Police Jury, has appealed.

OPINION

In the year 1926 the Police Jury of…