Legal Opinion
Powell v. Rapides Parish Police Jury
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 18, 1928No. 26711PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, C. J.
This is a suit for a royalty of 6 cents per cubic yard, of 3,000 pounds, on 37,500 yards of gravel taken by tbe defendant from what is called the Melder gravel pit, in Rapides parish. The plaintiff’s demand was rejected, and he has appealed from the decision.
He sold to one A. D. Alderson, on the 4th of October, 1917, the land from which the gravel was afterwards taken by the police jury for Rapides parish. As a part of the consideration for the sale, Alderson was obliged to remove the gravel from the pit within three years, and pay Powell a royalty of 3 cents per cubic yard, of 3,000 pounds…
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- Brewer v. Yazoo & M. V. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Wilson v. PiersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- Sanders v. Tremont Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
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