LAVERGNE v. LAWTELL GRAVITY DRAINAGE DIST. NO. 11

No. 89-74.

562 So.2d 1013 (1990)

Edna C. LAVERGNE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LAWTELL GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 11, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Jackson Burson, Jr., Dist. Atty., Eunice, for defendant/appellant.

Willis, Ledet & Dejean, Stephen J. Ledet, Opelousas, for plaintiff/appellant.

Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial judge's award for damages suffered by the plaintiff landowners, Edna Lavergne and various members of her family (herein, collectively, landowners), caused by activities of Lawtell Gravity Drainage District No. 11. The drainage district appeals alleging numerous assignments of error which we will discuss under the appropriate headings. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The landowners sued for damages after...

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