Legal Opinion
Verdun v. Scallon Brothers Contractors, Inc.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 11, 1972No. 51955PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Chief Justice.
Plaintiffs, members of the Verdun family who own in indivisión a tract of land in St. Mary Parish,1 instituted this action to enjoin Scallon Brothers Contractors, Inc., from moving heavy equipment onto their property, then under sugar cane cultivation, and removing soil material therefrom.
The Board of Commissioners of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District, the true party at interest,2 intervened, asserting that Scallon, as a contractor engaged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was authorized by the levee district to enter the lands and secure soil for the purpose of…
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