Legal Opinion
Schwartzenburg v. Louisiana Highway Commission
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 27, 1936No. 33299PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
This is a suit against the Louisiana highway commission for the sum of $1,250 for damages alleged to have resulted from the destruction of crops in 1933 and 1934 on the plaintiff’s land, due to inundation said to have been caused by the demolishing of adequate drains and the installation of inadequate ones in their place. The plaintiff also prayed for judgment ordering and commanding the commission to install culverts at least three times as large as those presently existing.
The defendant filed an exception of no right or cause of action, which was referred to the merits.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McWilliams v. StairSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Glenn v. WestSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- In re LambertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Succession of AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1892
- Ideal Savings & Homestead Ass'n v. ScottSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ritsch Alluvial Land Co. v. AdemaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- JB LaHaye Farms, Inc. v. La. Dept. of HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Johnston v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
- State Ex Rel. Adema v. MerauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Holley v. State ex rel. Department of HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
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