Legal Opinion
Ruiz v. Board of Levee Commissioners
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 27, 1933No. Nos. 13247, 13246, 13389, 13230, 13237, 13238, 13239, 13242, 13243, 13244, 13229, 13228, 13227, 13207, 13009Published
1Opinion of the Court
The above cases arise as the result of the Caernarvon crevasse which was artificially created in 1927. Each of the above cases involves a claim based on the charge that the claimant was deprived of the ability to earn his livelihood in his chosen occupation.
In Alfred Oliver Co. v. Board of Commissioners Orleans Levee District, 169 La. 438, 125 So. 441, the Supreme Court of Louisiana considered a case involving a question identical with that presented in each of the above cases and held that there was no right to recover. See, also, Acosta v. Board of Levee Commissioners, 12 La. App. 488, 126…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Foret v. Board of Levee Com'rs of Orleans Levee Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
- Alfred Oliver & Co. v. Board of Com'rs of Orleans Levee Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
- Fabre v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- Acosta v. Board of CommissionersLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
- Louisiana Southern Ry. Co. v. Board of Levee Com'rs of Orleans Levee Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1933