Police Jury of West Baton Rouge v. Bozman

This is an action to recover of the defendant the sum of $960 66, the cost of a side levee built by plaintiff upon the land of Stephen Van Winkle, of whom defendant is a vendee.

A careful examination of the testimony satisfies us that the District Judge had sufficient proof before him to infer a substantial compliance with the law in the notices, advertisement, estimation of the work and adjudication of the contract.

The levee in question is a side levee, on the lower side of Eausse Riviere, which had become necessary in consequence of the levee above having been removed back some distance'by…