State v. New Orleans Land Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; T. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Suit by the State of Louisiana against the New Orleans Land Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The board of directors of the public schools of the parish of Orleans brought suit against the defendant company to recover fractional section 16, township 12, range 11 east, as belonging to the public schools of said parish, and obtained judgment in the trial court and in this court; but, on application for a rehearing, the judgments were set aside, for the reason that it was found that the proper authority for standing in judgment as plaintiff in the suit was the state, and not the school board. Board of Directors of Public Schools of Parish of Orleans v. New Orleans Land Co., 138 La. 32,…
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