Atchafalaya Land Co. v. Grace
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia; James Simon, Judge. Suit for an injunction by the Atchafalaya Land Company, Limited, against Fred J. Grace, Register, and Wade O. Martin, Sheriff, of St. Martin Parish. From a judgment perpetuating an injunction, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.
Defendants prosecute this appeal from a judgment perpetuating an injunction restraining them from selling, under the supposed authority of Act No. 215 of 1908, a certain 40-acre tract of land, described as S. W. % of N. W. % of Sec. 7, T. 13 S., R. 12 E., to which plaintiff sets up titlé as having been acquired, through mesne conveyances from the board of commissioners of the Atchafalaya Basin levee district, to which it was donated by Act No. 97 of 1890. The contention on behalf of defendants is that, pursuant to the donation declared by the act of 1890, though the board of commissioners…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McDade v. Bossier Levee BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- State ex rel. Atchafalaya Basin Levee Board v. CapdervielleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Hartigan v. WeaverSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- Hall v. Board of Com'rs of Bossier Levee Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- State ex rel. Board of Com'rs for Fifth Louisiana Levee Dist. v. CapdevielleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
3Cited by19 opinions
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. Dibert, Stark & Brown Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- State v. AucoinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana v. AllisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- Board of Com'rs of Tensas Basin Levee Dist. v. HardtnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- State ex rel. Board of Com'rs v. GraceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
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