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Egan v. Hart

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 15, 1893No. 11,376PublishedCited by 10 opinions

APPEAL from the First District Court, Parish of Caddo. Taylor, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parlange, J.

This is an injunction suit to restrain the construction of a dam across Bayou Pierre.

Plaintiff owns a plantation in Caddo parish, known as Grigsby’s Island, and which is bounded on one side by Red river and on the other sides by bayous or streams connecting with Red river. Bayou Pierre bounds her plantation in the rear. She complains that A. *1359Hart, and H. B. Richardson, pretending to act as chief engineer of the Board of State Engineers, and F. M. Kerr, pretending to act as engineer of said board, have combined and conspired to build a dam…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. HatchSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. Hamilton v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Leovy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Egan v. HartSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. Dana v. HurstSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911
  4. Pruyn v. Nelson Bros.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
  5. Danziger v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1950

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