Legal Opinion

Board of Com'rs for Pontchartrain L. Dist. v. Baron

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 16, 1959No. 43728PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

The Board of Commissioners for the Pontchartrain Levee District instituted this proceeding to evict Earl E. Baron from property which it had allegedly appropriated. 1 After trial on the merits there was judgment ordering the defendant to remove immediately all buildings and improvements from the land so appropriated, and an appeal was perfected to this court.

On February 8, 1949, the Board of Commissioners for the Pontchartrain Levee District adopted a resolution appropriating certain property along the Seventeenth Street Canal in the Parish of Jefferson for “levees and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dickson v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
  2. Delaune v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
  3. Board of Com'rs of Tensas Basin Levee Dist. v. FranklinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  4. Wolfe v. HurleyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1930
  5. Foshee v. McGeeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Gravolet v. Board of Com'rsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
  2. Grayson v. Commissioners of Bossier Levee DistrictLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
  3. Peart v. StateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
  4. Taylor v. BOARD OF LEVEE COM'RSLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
  5. Jeanerette Lumber & Shingle Co. v. Board of Commissioners for the Atchafalaya Basin Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966

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