New Orleans Land Co. v. Board of Levee Com'rs

Plaintiff’s demands, which are incorporated in an original and two supplemental and amended petitions, are that it be decreed to he the owner of the land described in its original petition; or, in the alternative, that it have judgment against defendant for $1170750. as the value of the property. Defendant excepted to each of the petitions, and, with reservation of the exceptions, joined issue on the merits of plaintiff’s demands. The exceptions were heard and referred to the merits, and, after a trial on the merits, the court below dismissed plaintiff’s petitory action, and, on plaintiff’s…