Legal Opinion
Opinion Number
Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided April 24, 2007Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Mr. Honeycutt:
This office is in receipt of the request you made on behalf of Livingston Parish's Gravity Drainage District #5 (the "District") for an Opinion from the Attorney General on whether the District: (1) has the authority to enter certain private property to maintain a ditch; and (2) has any other rights and/or liabilities associated with the ditch in question. Your concerns and the Attorney General's responses to those concerns are presented as follows:
1. WHETHER LIVINGSTON PARISH'S GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT #5 HAS THEAUTHORITY TO ENTER CERTAIN PRIVATE PROPERTY TO MAINTAIN A…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Scott v. Red River-Bayou Pierre Levee D. Dist.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1942
- Petit Anse Coteau Drainage Dist. v. Iberia & V. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Parish of East Baton Rouge v. PourciauLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
- Moody v. State Ex Rel. PayneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977