McDade v. Bossier Levee Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Bossier; John Thomas Watkins, Judge. Action by J. T. McDade and others against the Bossier levee board. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The matter involved in this suit is the title to a part of the land that was at one time the bed of Red Shoot Lake— one of those shallow lakes so common in the alluvial parts of the state. The lake has-become dry as a result of the building of the levees along Red river, both by reason of flood waters being warded off, and by reason of the low-water level in the river being lowered, and thereby the drainage of the country improved.
Plaintiff, has been in possession for several years. He claims title by right of accretion or reliction, he having been owner of the land bordering on the lake at.…
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