Goodwill v. Police Jury
Supreme Court of Louisiana
\ PPEAL from the Second District Court, Parish of Bossier. Drew, J. 1. Police juries may be prohibited by a writ of injunction from obstructing any stream susceptible of navigation. Ingram vs. Police Jury, 20 Ann. 226. 2. Police juries have no power to construct! public levees. The law gives them simply the management and control of completed public levees.
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\ PPEAL from the Second District Court, Parish of Bossier. Drew, J. 1. Police juries may be prohibited by a writ of injunction from obstructing any stream susceptible of navigation. Ingram vs. Police Jury, 20 Ann. 226. 2. Police juries have no power to construct! public levees. The law gives them simply the management and control of completed public levees. Acts 88 of 1880; 104 of 1882; 84 of 1884. 3. Their power over non-navigable streams is limited to cases where it is ne cessary to fil up the same for the purpose of carrying the public highways over such streams; provided no injury be…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Poché, J.
This suit involves the power of the police jury of Bossier parish to close Mack’s bayou, which is a stream flowing from Red river and emptying through several other bayous into lake Bistineau in said parish.
Plaintiffs in injunction are residents of Minden, a town in Webster, an adjoining parish, situated a short distance from the head water navigation of Doreheat bayou, which empties into lake Bistineau- at its northeastern extremity.
Alleging that Mack’s bayou is a navigable stream, and that it is, in addition, one of the principal sources of…
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