Suburban Natural Gas Co. v. Waterworks District Number Three of Rapides Parish

FRUGÉ, Judge.

In this case, the plaintiff, Suburban Natural Gas Company, Inc., seeks injunctive relief against the defendants, Waterworks District Number Three of Rapides Parish, and its contractors, from constructing a waterline for the purpose of serving the public in an area already serviced by the waterworks facility owned by the plaintiff.

After a review of the record, we find the pertinent facts of this case to be as follows.

In 1955 the Rapides Police Jury, acting pursuant to authority granted by Article 14, Section 14, of the Louisiana Constitution, and L.S.A.-R.S. 33:3811 et seq.,…