GIVENS v. TOWN OF RUSTON

No. 39533.

53 So.2d 833 (1951)

219 La. 672

GIVENS et al. v. TOWN OF RUSTON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 29, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen B. Guthrie, Ruston, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Walker & Wright, Ruston, for defendant-appellee.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiffs instituted this suit to recover damages in the sum of $4000 against the Town of Ruston, Louisiana, caused by an alleged trespass upon two lots of ground owned by the petitioners and situated in the town. It is alleged in the petition that the officers, agents, and employees of the town to facilitate the distribution and sale of electric current by the town entered upon petitioners' property without permission or authority and wantonly...

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