Bernard v. Grimmett & Janes

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit for property damages caused by the digging of a drainage ditch across the property of petitioner, Eraste Bernard, without the consent of petitioner. The defendants are Grimmett and Janes, a commercial partnership, Grimmett, Janes and Traylor, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, and the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Works, and the Police Jury of the Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana. The petitioner claims damages in the amount of $4,000, with 5% interest per annum from date of judicial demand until paid, and all costs.

After trial on the merits,…