Board of Commissioners of the Lafourche Basin Levee District v. Rathborne Land Co.

IsSOL GOTHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Board of Commissioners of the Lafourche Basin Levee District (Levee District) appeals from a judgment dismissing its action to be declared owner of lands in possession of defendant Rathborne Land Co. (Rathborne). We affirm the decision of the trial court.

The Levee District instituted this action alleging that it was owner of property bordering Lake Des Allemandes that was in possession of Rathborne Land. The Levee Board argued that it was the owner of the disputed property by virtue of a perfected title tracing back to the sovereign via a land grant from the…