Legal Opinion
Dickson v. Board of Com'rs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 22, 1946No. 37953PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
The plaintiff, C. Bickham Dickson, is seeking to recover from the Board of Commissioners of the Caddo Levee District and the Board of Commissioners of the Bossier Levee District, in solido, the suma of $22,400 (with reservation of his right to sue for further damages) as com pensation for that portion of his plantation, known as Sunflower Plantation, situated on the left descending bank of the river lying on the river or unprotected side of the levee and the pecan trees and crops thereon destroyed by repeated and constantly increasing erosion caused by the artificial current…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Eldridge v. TrezevantSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Boyce Cottonseed Oil Mfg. Co. v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Peart v. MeekerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1893
- Dubose v. Levee CommissionersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1856
- Ruch v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
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3Cited by45 opinions
- General Box Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Delaune v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Board of Com'rs of Tensas Basin Levee Dist. v. FranklinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Pillow v. Board of Com'rsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- DeSambourg v. BOARD OF COM'RSSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
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