Edgecombe v. Board of Levee Commissioners

1 PLOTKIN, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether two trial court judges properly granted exceptions of no cause of action dismissing the plaintiffs’ suits against defendant Bass Production Co., the mineral lessee on property that was recently returned to the plaintiffs by defendant Orleans Levee Board (OLB). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Facts

This controversy arises out of the interpretation of Act 233 of 1984 and its amendments, Act 819 of 1985 and Act 847 of 1992, that ordered OLB to return to former owners or their successors land expropriated and purchased under threat…