City of New Orleans v. Board of Levee Com'rs of Orleans Levee Dist.

A hard-surface highway, known as the Patterson road, was constructed within the city limits, and completed under contract in November, 1918, by the city of New Orleans. This road adjoins and parallels the Mississippi river on the west side, and extends from Algiers to Stanton Landing, a distance of 5.82 miles.

In 1922, the cavings of the bank of the river in front of this public highway necessitated the construction of levees further back from the river, thereby cutting off and destroying, on two separate occasions, a total of 5,420 feet of the Patterson road.

The present suit is a mandamus…