Legal Opinion

Powell v. Porter

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 27, 1931No. 28613PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRogers, J.

Plaintiffs are the owners of the Kentucky plantation, a tract of land containing -140> acres, in the parish of Caddo. Defendants are:the .owners of three small contiguous tracts. of land adjoining plaintiffs’ land, which they occupy and operate as a truck and dairy farm and as a public resort known locally as “Pleasureville.”

' The suit is one by plaintiffs to enjoin defendants from using a road which crosses a corner of plaintiffs’ land and from cutting certain fences erected by plaintiffs across the road. The defense is that the road is a public road and has been used as such by the general…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Frierson v. Police Jury of Caddo ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  2. Bomar v. City of Baton RougeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  3. Ward v. Board of Levee Com'rs of Orleans Levee Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  4. Village of Moreauville v. BoyerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  5. McCearley v. LemennierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Harwood Oil & Mining Company v. BlackSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
  2. Hebert v. T. L. James & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  3. Peart v. StateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
  4. Bell v. TycerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
  5. Martini v. CowartLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1944

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