ROMERO v. MOSQUITO CONTROL CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. 84-929.

480 So.2d 358 (1985)

Francis ROMERO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MOSQUITO CONTROL CONTRACTORS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1986.

Writ Denied March 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard E. Boudreaux, Jr., and Ralph K. Lee, New Iberia, for defendant-appellee-appellant.

Joseph Koury, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lawrence N. Curtis, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants.

Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and LABORDE, JJ.


LABORDE, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Francis Romero, brought suit against Mosquito Control Contractors and the Iberia Parish Police Jury to void a contract between the two defendants. The trial court voided the contract, finding that the resolution authorizing the contract violated the state's "open meetings law." The trial court further held that the contract was not ratified by subsequent conduct of the governing body. We agree.

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