George Maynard v. United States of America Through United States Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, Pontchartrain Levee District, Third-Party

George Maynard brought suit against the United States of America pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2409a (1976) 1 to quiet title to his “batture” land located on the left descending bank of the Mississippi River between Harahan and Kenner, Louisiana, just upriver from New Orleans. Batture is “that part of the river bed which is uncovered at the time of low water, but is covered annually at the time of ordinary high water.” Boyce Cottonseed Oil Mfg. Co. v. Board of Commissioners, 160 La. 727, 107 So. 506 (La.1926). To seek indemnification the Government impleaded the Pontchartrain Levee District, which…