Burk v. Livingston Parish Police Jury

PONDER, Justice.

In this suit, the plaintiff, William R. Burk, an architect, seeks to recover from the defendant, the Livingston Parish Police Jury, $2,519.49 with legal interest from judicial demand as the balance due under a compromise agreement entered into be tween him and the defendant on April 10, 1940. The defendant takes the position that the compromise agreement is null and of no effect, and that a resolution of January 13, 1937, fixing the compensation of the plaintiff, is the governing contract between the parties. In reconvention, the defendant asks for the annulment of the…