State ex rel. Board of Com'rs for Fifth Louisiana Levee Dist. v. Capdevielle
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. Mandamus by the State on the relation of the Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District, against Paul Capdevielle, State Auditor. Judgment for defendant, and relator appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a mandamus suit to compel the State Auditor to list and certify tu the plaintiff board 20 low islands in the Mississippi river, situate within the limits of the Fifth Louisiana levee district.
Defendant answered that said islands do not belong to said levee district, but are held subject to entry and sale for account of the-state and for the general school fund of the-state, as provided by sections 1 and 7 of Act No. 124 of 1902.
There was judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed.
[1] The solution of the -question of title thus raised depends on the proper construction…
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