Board of Commissioners, Etc. v. Sperling

The earnestness with which counsel for appellants presented their application for rehearing prompted us to give this case further consideration. Rehearing was granted and it is now before us for final decision.

The nature of the suit as well as the various pleas involved are fully stated in the original opinion handed down and now reported. 8 So.2d 380. The facts are summarized, not only in the majority opinion, but also as they are interpreted and analyzed by him, in Judge Dore's dissenting opinion. Although the proceeding was inaugurated by the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District, as pointed…