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BECNEL v. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 9528.

364 So.2d 1074 (1978)

Walter BECNEL v. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH POLICE JURY and its Administrative Subdivision, St. John the Baptist Parish Public Utilities.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudman & Howard, D. Douglas Howard, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Carville & Edrington, Richard L. Edrington, LaPlace, for defendant-appellant.

Before LEMMON, STOULIG and SCHOTT, JJ.

STOULIG, Judge.

Plaintiff, Walter Becnel, was awarded1 $18,650 for a fire loss he alleged was caused by the negligence of the St. John the Baptist Parish Public Utilities (Utilities) in removing a fire hydrant that had been located within 500 yards of his property and never replacing it. Defendant has appealed.

Some time before August 22, 1974, the date of the fire, Utilities moved a hydrant that was 578 feet downriver on the River...

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