Emery v. Orleans Levee Board

This is a petitory action. The matter is now before us on motion to dismiss the appeal or to transfer it to the Supreme Court on the ground that the value of the property which is sued for exceeds $2,000, the maximum jurisdictional limit of this court in such matters. Orleans Levee Board, appellant, opposes the motion, maintaining that the value of the property does not exceed $2,000.

This is the second appeal which it has been necessary to take in this case. The first was taken from a judgment which was rendered in favor of plaintiffs on the face of the pleadings under authority of the…