Fourth Jefferson Drainage Dist. v. City of New Orleans

HIGGINS, Justice.

The Fourth Jefferson Drainage District, a public corporation, organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of this State, domiciled in the Parish of Jefferson, engaged in draining the lands located in the District, instituted this suit in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court in and for the Parish of Jefferson against the City of New Orleans, a municipal corporation, created by and operating under Act No. 159 of 1912, as amended, domiciled in the Parish of Orleans, to recover the sum of $226,680.52 damages for alleged existing and continuing trespasses and…