Legal Opinion
Ellerbe v. Grace
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 29, 1926No. 28124PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
The lands over which this controversy arises were once covered by the waters of Cross Lake, Caddo parish, a navigable body of water at the time Louisiana was admitted to the Union. . Hence said lands became the property of the state by virtue of her sovereignty when in course of time Cross Lake dried up and the land beneath it became fit for human habitation. State v. Bozeman, 156 La. 635, 101 So. 4; McGlothlin v. Shreveport, 160 La. 101, 106 So. 708.
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But notwithstanding the fact that said lands came to the state by virtue of her sovereignty and not by grant of Congress, nevertheless, by Act…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Rogers Locomotive MacHine Works v. American Emigrant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Wolcott v. Des Moines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1867
- State v. BozemanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. Dibert, Stark & Brown Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana v. AllisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- Board of Com'rs of Tensas Basin Levee Dist. v. HardtnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- State v. Board of Com'rs of Caddo Levee Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Peoples Homestead & Savings Ass'n v. MaslingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Lum Chow v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
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