Legal Opinion
Laird v. Board of Commissioners of Fifth Levee District
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 10, 1997No. 30014-CAPublished
1Opinion of the Court
| iNORRIS, Judge.
The Board of Commissioners of the Fifth Louisiana Levee District appeals a judgment declaring that a levee servitude under its jurisdiction has been extinguished by abandonment, and granting the owners of the affected land full and unfettered rights of ownership. Finding no legal or factual error, we affirm.
Factual background
The plaintiffs, Gene Laird, James Laird and Dahlia Plantation, sued the Board of Commissioners for a declaration that the plaintiffs own the dirt in a levee that has stood on their (or their ancestors in title’s) property since 1933.1 Several other…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stobart v. State Through DOTDSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Virgil v. American Guar. & Liability Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
- Dickson v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- BD. OF COM'RS, FIFTH LA. LEVEE DIST. v. Commission on Ethics for Public EmployeesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
- Delahoussaye v. JudiceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1858
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