Legal Opinion
Board of Levee Commissioners of Orleans Levee District v. Newport Ltd.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 15, 1987No. CA-7522PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOBRANO, Judge.
This expropriation suit was filed by the Orleans Levee Board against Newport Enterprises and Newport Limited (Newport) seeking a certain 25.77 acre tract for flood wall, floodgates and other flood control structures. The Levee Board deposited the sum of $146,564.00 in the registry of the Court pursuant to La.R.S. 38:351, et seq. and immediately acquired the rights to the 25 acre tract. Newport reconvened seeking additional compensation. Nine months later, the Levee Board filed a motion to *408dismiss its own proceeding asserting that Newport did not acquire its ancestor in title’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Corsey v. State, Through Dept. of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- St. Julien v. Morgan Louisiana & Texas RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
- Lake, Inc. v. Louisiana Power & Light CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- A. K. Roy, Inc. v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
- In re the Succession of KuglerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1871
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Estate of Patout v. City of New IberiaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- BOARD OF LEVEE COM'RS v. Newport Ltd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
- Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District v. Newport Ltd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
- Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District v. Newport Ltd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1988