SLAUGHTER v. GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 4

No. 1054.

160 So.2d 762 (1964)

Mr. and Mrs. Winnie SLAUGHTER, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 4, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 18, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond D. Fuljenz, Charles C. Jaubert, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Henry L. Yelverton, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before FRUGE, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


FRUGE, 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...

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