Vodopija v. Gulf Refining Co.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought for an alleged trespass by the defendant on 50 acres of the bed of Quarantine Bay in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, which area was covered by an oyster lease originally granted by the State of Louisiana on September 24, 1941, and afterwards acquired by plaintiff on August 28, 1947.

The acts of defendant, Gulf Refining Company, which were alleged to constitute the trespass were largely stipulated and consisted in the dredging of a channel 90 feet wide and 2 feet deep across a part of the area covered by the oyster lease of plaintiff for the purpose of…