Slaughter v. Gravity Drainage District No. 4

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment granting an exception of no cause of action.

The petition states that defendant was completing or had completed deepening, dredging and cleaning of a drainage canal near plaintiffs’ home. On August 4, 1960, plaintiffs’ eleven year old son was playing near the home and the next day the son was found dead in the drainage canal. Plaintiffs thereafter brought suit for the wrongful death of their son, alleging that defendant had constructed an attractive nuisance to minor children without providing safeguards for their protection. The district court…