State v. Tensas Delta Land Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Richland; John R. McIntosh, Judge. Action by the State against the Tensas Delta Land Company, Limited. Judgment of' dismissal, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Article 214 of the Constitution of 1879 (article 239 of the present Constitution) authorized the Legislature to-create levee districts, and to provide for the appointment or election of levee commissioners, who should have charge of the levees of the district; and article 46 of said Constitution (article 48 of the present Constitution) provided that the prohibition against the creation of corporations by special act should not apply to the organization ,of levee districts. By Act 59 of 1886, the Legislature-created the Tensas Basin levee district; that is to say, provided that certain…
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