Eldridge v. Trezevant
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. William B. Eldridge, a citizen of the State of Mississippi, filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana a bill of complaint against Henry B. Richardson, Chief of the Board of Engineers of the State of Louisiana, and Peter J. Trezevant, citizens of Louisiana, whereby he sought to have the defendants enjoined from the construction of a certain…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. William B. Eldridge, a citizen of the State of Mississippi, filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana a bill of complaint against Henry B. Richardson, Chief of the Board of Engineers of the State of Louisiana, and Peter J. Trezevant, citizens of Louisiana, whereby he sought to have the defendants enjoined from the construction of a certain public levee through a plantation belonging to the complainant, and situated in Carroll township, State of Louisiana. An…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shibas
By an act of the general assembly of the State of Louisiana, approved February 14,1879, there was created a board of state engineers, whose duty it was to make a survey of the watercourses, public works, and levees of the State. They were to report to the governor of the State the improvements which they should deem necessary, and the construction .of such levees as were of prime importance to the State at large and were beyond the means of the parochial. authorities. They were also, in said report, to furnish estimates and specifications of work necessary to be done. It was thereupon made…
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