Legal Opinion
Lum Chow v. Board of Com'rs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 12, 1943No. 36911PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lum Chow and Lin Oye Gee, alleging they own and are in possession of two islands in Grand Bayou, Jefferson Parish, instituted this slander of title suit against The Board of Commissioners for the Lafourche Basin Levee District, from which they deraign their title, for granting oil, gas, and mineral leases affecting portions of the islands to The Texas Company and the Bagby Petroleum Corporation, joining these two lessees and The Gulf Refining Company, the assignee of the Bagby Petroleum Corporation, as parties defendant.
It appears that in Act No. 13 of 1892, creating The Lafourche Basin Levee…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- McDade v. Bossier Levee BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- State Ex Rel. Board of Com'rs v. GraceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Stokes v. ShacklefordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1838
- Wells v. BlackmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Bd. of Com'rs. Etc. v. Hunter FoundationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Shell Oil Co. v. Bd. of Com'rs of Pontchartrain Dist.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- King v. BOARD OF COM'RS FOR ATCHAFALAYA BASIN L. DIST.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Greene v. GreeneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Dynamic Exploration, Inc. v. LeBlancSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
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