Legal Opinion

Amite Gravel & Sand Co. v. Roseland Gravel Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 28, 1921No. 23251PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; W. S. Rownd, Judge. Suit by the Amite Gravel & Sand Company, Limited, against the Roseland Gravel Company, Limited, and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.

Plaintiff holds under lease, with the right to take and remove sand and gravel therefrom, a strip of land in section -fronting on the east bank of the Tangipahoa river, near the town of Roseland, in Tangipahoa parish; and defendant owns property in section-immediately opposite that of plaintiff, and on the west side of the river. Defendant Roseland Gravel Company erected a sand and gravel plant on its property during the latter part of 1915, and early in January, 1916, launched a dredge in the river and commenced pumping sand and gravel therefrom.

Plaintiff brought this suit to recover as for…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. E. C. Drew Investment Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
  2. Delta Duck Club v. BarriosSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
  3. Union Sawmill Co. v. StarnesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Wemple v. EasthamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  2. State v. AucoinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
  3. Chaney v. State Mineral Bd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. Parish of Jefferson v. Texas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
  5. Ridge Oak Development, Inc. v. MurphyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994

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