Schutten v. Orleans Parish Levee District

BEER, Judge.

This is a petitory action met by exceptions of no cause or right of action and a motion for summary judgment. The trial court maintained the exceptions, granted the motion, and dismissed the action.

This well briefed and ably argued matter comes to us on a record that contains considerable documentary evidence despite the summary nature of the proceedings. We conclude, from our review of it, that the judgment of the trial court is correct and affirm.

Plaintiffs in a petitory action must recover on the strength of their own title and not on the weakness of that of their adversaries…