FREMIN-SMITH SERV., INC. v. ST. CHARLES PARISH WATERWORKS DIST. NO. 1

No. 6342.

300 So.2d 514 (1974)

FREMIN-SMITH SERVICES, INC. v. ST. CHARLES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 1.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Oubre, Oubre & Griffith, Norco, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ralph R. Miller, Norco, for defendant-appellee.

Before REDMANN and LEMMON, JJ., and BOURG, J. Pro Tem.


REDMANN, Judge.

Plaintiff sought mandamus to compel a waterworks district to extend water lines to supply plaintiff's needs. Intervenors sought similar relief. R.S. 33:3822 authorizes the district "in the discretion of the governing authority, to ... extend... a waterworks system ...."

The trial judge correctly sustained defendant's exception to the extraordinary remedy of mandamus.

Except "where the law provides no relief by ordinary means or where...

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