Board of Levee Com'rs v. Jackson's Estate
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by the Board of Levee Commissioners, Orleans Levee District, against the estate of James Jackson, to condemn land, and by the same plaintiff against Emma Louise Brittin. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This is a suit by plaintiffs to expropriate the lands of defendants fronting on the Mississippi river at Second street, in the city of New Orleans.
The lot plaintiffs seek to expropriate is described as a portion of ground in the Fourth District, bounded by First, Second, Water,- and Tchoupitoulas streets, and measuring 132 feet 4 inches front on Water street, or line of the levee, same front on Tchoupitoulas street, and 123 feet 8 inches 4 lines front on First street.
Plaintiffs, it is well known, have charge of the levees, and to them is intrusted the duty of repairing levees, and of building…
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