Police Jury of Lafourche v. Police Jury of Terrebonne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Terrebonne. Gaillouet, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
In 1822 an act of the Legislature was passed creating the parish of Terrebonne out of a portion of the territory then forming what was called the Lafourche Interior. The act specifically defined the boundaries of the new parish. Subsequently, by act of the Legislature passed in 1850, the western boundary of the parish of Terrebonne was altered.
Dispute arose between the mother parish and her offspring as to-the true location of the eastern boundary of the younger parish, and in 1881 this culminated in the institution of a suit by the parish…
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