Legal Opinion
Rapides Parish Police Jury v. Grant Parish Police Jury
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 22, 2006No. 2005-268PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.
11 This case involves a boundary dispute between two Louisiana parishes. Grant Parish, which was carved out of Winn Parish above it and Rapides Parish below it in 1869, contends that its southern boundary line was never definitively established by the legislative act creating it. Grant Parish sought to move the existing boundary line south into what is currently Rapides Parish, transferring approximately 12,000 acres of land, schools, homes, and businesses from Rapides Parish to Grant Parish. Rapides Parish objected and brought suit against Grant Parish. The town of…
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