City of Shreveport v. Wilkinson

Cross Lake is a large body of navigable water situated beyond the limits of the city of Shreveport. There are two or three islands in the lake. The bed of the lake came to the state by virtue of its sovereignty, and title to the islands passed from the federal government to a railroad company, the author of the titles of the present owners. By Act No. 31 of 1910, as amended by Act No. 149 of 1920, the state conveyed to the city of Shreveport title to the bed of the lake, with reservation of the mineral rights, and by Act No. 39 of 1926 the state delegated to the city of Shreveport the…