Board of Levee Com'rs for Orleans Levee Dist. v. Dalton

November 9,1928, plaintiff board leased the trapping rights to defendants to all the lands of what is known as the Bohemian spillway.

The land is described in the lease as fronting on the Mississippi river between the lower line of the Bohemia plantation and the east bank of said river in the parish of Plaquimine down to the Guselich canal, and extending from the river to the bays and bayous that are a part of the sea, and it is further stated in the lease that this tract of land contains 32,000 acres, more or less.

The consideration for the lease was $1,000 per year, payable in advance,…