Legal Opinion

State v. Richardson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 6, 1916No. 21880Published

Appeal from First Judicial District Co.urt, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. .Action by the State against J. S. Richardson and others. From a judgment for defendants, the State appeals. The following is the sketch referred to in the opinion:

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On the rehearing:

“But there is no evidence whatever to show that any alluvial formation existed in front of lot 34 when Marie St. Jean ¡sought it, or when it was sold at public sale. If the batture were formed subsequently, it belonged to the person who owned the lot at that period.”

In Ferriere v. City of New Orleans, 35 La. Ann. 209, it was held that a batture, susceptible of private ownership, existed at the time that plaintiff’s author in title acquired the adjacent land, and, not being specially mentioned, did not pass with the land, but the opinion is silent as to those qualities which…

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  1. Storer v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
  2. Howard v. IngersollSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
  3. Municipality No. 2 v. Orleans Cotton PressSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
  4. Succession of Delachaise v. MaginnisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1892
  5. Dennistoun v. WaltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844

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