Richardson & Bass v. Board of Levee Commissioners
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
This matter presents for determination the ownership of a parcel of land situated in River Lot Sections 4 and 5, T. 18 S., R. 16 E., Plaquemines Parish, having a frontage of 1J4 arpents on the east bank of the Mississippi River by 40 arpents in depth. The issue arises in a concursus proceeding which was initiated by Richardson & Bass, a copartnership holding mineral leases from the rival claimants to the disputed area. Specifically, Richardson & Bass, mineral lessee of the Board of Commissioners of Orleans Levee District to a large area of land situated in the Bohemia…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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