Legal Opinion
State v. United Dredging Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 9, 1951No. 40044PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
The State is appealing from a judgment dismissing its suit on the ground of abandonment in that it failed to take any steps in the prosecution thereof for a period of more than five years. The action was brought on December 30th 1940 under Section 7 of Act No. 25 of the Second Extra Session of 1935 to recover power taxes allegedly due by defendant for the years 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1940. Defendant filed its answer on August 20th 1940 and, from that time until April 29th 1949, nothing was done by the State to further the prosecution of the suit.
Article 3519 of the Civil Code,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. Diamond Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Charbonnet v. State Realty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Geisenberger v. CottonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Lockhart v. LockhartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Long v. ChailanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company v. Rayford J. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Green v. SmallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- LeBlanc v. ThibodauxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- State ex rel. Shields, Inc. v. Southport Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- Kudlich v. CiciarelliHawaii Supreme Court · 1965
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