Legal Opinion
PLAQUEMINES PARISH COM'N COUNCIL v. Hero Lands Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided September 3, 1980No. 67042PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
388 So.2d 790 (1980)
PLAQUEMINES PARISH COMMISSION COUNCIL
v.
HERO LANDS COMPANY et al.
No. 67042.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 3, 1980.
Frank J. Peragine, John C. Hebert, Suzette T. Becker, Brian, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.
Douglas A. Kewley, Louis B. Porterie, Duke, Porterie & Hantel, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-respondents.
WATSON, Justice.
At issue is the right to dispose of spoil on the banks of a drainage canal. Both plaintiff and defendant Hero claim ownership of the dirt, Hero because it owns the underlying land and plaintiff because it has…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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