Faucheux v. Town of St. Martinville
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Martin; James Simon, Judge. Action by Widow Alex Faucheux against the town of St. Martinville. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff sued defendant town for $10,000 damages. The petition represents that the town of St. Martinville is a municipal corporation, represented by a certain person as mayor; that on March 12, 1906, one Ernest Bleslin, constable of said *765corporation, acting by order of said corporation and said mayor, demolished and destroyed the building in said town occupied then and for years previous by the plaintiff as a business stand wherein and whereby she made a living for herself and children; that said building was situated on a tract of land which plaintiff purchased on September 16, 1903, from…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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