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CANTY v. TERREBONNE PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 13870.

397 So.2d 1370 (1981)

Ridgely CANTY, Individually and as Administrator of Minor Children Sharon Elizabeth Canty and Shane Michael Canty and Christina LeCompte Canty v. TERREBONNE PARISH POLICE JURY, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana and City of Houma, Houma, Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 12, 1981.

Writ Denied June 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Hamner, Houma, for plaintiff and appellant.

Philip Henderson, Houma, for defendant and appellee Terrebonne Parish Police Jury.

A. Deutsche O'Neal, Sr., Houma, for defendant and appellee City of Houma.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit by a Terrebonne Parish property owner1 for loss of land and house damage allegedly resulting from the defendant's dredging of a drainage canal which flows through the plaintiff's property. The plaintiff claims the dredging pierced a firm clay soil layer in the canal and caused loose silty soil beneath the surface of his property to ooze into the canal. His land subsequently subsided and his house sunk,...

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