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JOHNSON v. TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE

No. 2001 CA 2664.

835 So.2d 838 (2002)

Emanuel JOHNSON, Jr. v. TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 8, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cassandra Butler, Independence, for Plaintiff—Appellant Emanuel Johnson, Jr.

Lance L. Engolia, Covington, for Defendant—Appellee.

Before: FOIL, FOGG, and KLINE, JJ.

FOGG, J.

The salient issue raised on appeal in this case is whether the Town of Independence had the authority to hold a property owner responsible for the delinquent water bill of a tenant. Finding it did not, we reverse the judgment of the trial court.

By letter dated November 2, 2000, Mayor Phillip F. Domiano of the Town of Independence informed Emanuel Johnson that, in a regular meeting on August 11, 1992, the Board of Aldermen voted to make all landlords...

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