Delaune v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
Plaintiffs brought this suit to recover $5,000, the alleged value of two certain parcels of land owned by them bordering on Lake Pontchartrain which were appropriated by the Board of Commissioners for the Pontchartrain Levee District for the construction of a levee along the south shore of the lake to protect the lands lying back of said levee from overflow of the waters of the lake.
The defendant Board filed an exception of no cause of action to the petition and, after argument, it was maintained by the trial judge. Plaintiffs applied for a rehearing and filed a supplemental…
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Eldridge v. TrezevantSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Dickson v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Board of Com'rs of Tensas Basin Levee Dist. v. FranklinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- State v. AucoinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
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- South Lafourche Levee District v. Chad M. JarreauSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2017
- Board of Com'rs for Pontchartrain L. Dist. v. BaronSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
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