Barrow v. Gaillardanne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafourche;' Whitmel Pugh Martin, Judge. Action by Robert Ruffin Barrow against Leon Gaillardanne, tutor. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholls, J.
Plaintiff alleged in his petition that he is the owner of the Baratar-ía & Lafourche Canal, a water course of this state, open to public navigation and in daily use by boats of various tonnage, propelled by steam, oil, and otherwise.
That said Barataría & Lafourche Canal consists of a system of short canals cut through intervening territory so as to connect the natural streams and lakes of the parishes of Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Charles, and Jefferson, in which latter parish said canal finds its terminus and enters the Mississippi river by means of lock gates.
That said Barataría & Lafourche…
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