Parish of Red River v. Parish of De Soto
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eleventh. Judicial District Court, Parish of Red River; Charles Victor Porter, Judge. Action by the parish of Red River against the parish of De Soto. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
The parish of Red River having undertaken to establish the boundary between it and the parish of De Soto, agreeably to the provisions of Rev. St. § 2624, the *993surveyors appointed by the two parishes respectively disagreed, and, the court a qua having approved the survey and line as made and established by the surveyor appointed on behalf of the parish of Red River, the parish of De Soto has appealed.
The law upon which the litigants rely is so much of act No. 70, p. 108, of 1878 (establishing the boundaries of Red River parish) as reads:
“Thence, along said bayou, in a northwestern direction, to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Parish of Red River v. Parish of CaddoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
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