Foret v. Board of Levee Com'rs of Orleans Levee Dist.

Plaintiff, at the time he filed the claim, forming the basis of this suit, was a resident of the city of New Orleans, and was a resident thereof, prior to the creation of the Caenarvon crevasse, below the city, on April 29, 1927, by proclamation of the Governor. The crevasse was created for the purpose of saving the city and the territory immediately adjoining it from the disastrous effects of an inundation from threatened breaks in the levees, along the Mississippi river, immediately above New Orleans. When the crevasse was created, plaintiff was general manager of the St. Bernard Motor1…