Kimble v. Board of Commissioners

SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff is a landowner in Plaquemines Parish. Defendants are the present governing body of the Parish and its predecessors. Defendants appropriated some of plaintiffs property for the construction of a back levee in connection with a hurricane protection plan. Plaintiff filed this suit for compensation. Defendants claim a riparian servitude on the property for the construction of the levee and exemption from the payment of compensation pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the state. The trial court granted a partial summary judgment holding defendants liable to…