Case Name: C. D. Benton vs. Parish of East Carroll
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Gunby 42
Docket Number: 
Parties: C. D. Benton vs. Parish of East Carroll.
Judges: 
Reporter: Legal points decided by the Second circuit court of Louisiana (Gunby's Reports)
Volume: 1
Pages: 42–42

Head Matter:
C. D. Benton vs. Parish of East Carroll.

Opinion:
Mayo, J.
There is a well defined distinction between political and public or private corporations, and the rule is well settled that the people are riot bound, in their corporate capacity for the torts of the officers of Counties or Parishes. Dillon on Corporations, 31, 718, 719.
2. Where plaintiff sues the Parish for damage done to his team by the falling of a bridge on a public road, alleging that the bridge was neglected by the Police Jury until it became defective, decayed and insecure, held : Plaintiff has no right of action against the Parish for such damages.