Fischer Land & Improvement Co. v. Bordelon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watiuks, J.

The plaintiff seeks to recover from the Parish of Avoyelles, in its corporate capacity, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars damages, for this, to-wit:.

That it is the owner of several thousand acres of swamp-land situated in said parish, which is heavily timbered with cypress and other valuable timber. That a contract was made with the Police Jury of said parish, represented by a formal resolution, whereby its transferer, Conrad 13. Fischer, was granted the right to construct a dam or lock on what is known as the Old Canal, connecting…