Legal Opinion
Mayer v. Board of Com'rs for Caddo Levee Dist.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 7, 1933No. 32211PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OVERTON, Justice.
Plaintiff owns Shreve Island plantation, .located on Red river, in the parish of,Caddo. Towards the close of 1930, and in the early part of 1931, defendant constructed a new levee 'through the plantation. This levee actually occupies 29.20 acres with the base, the berm, and the borrow pits. Between the new levee and the old, there was left, or thrown outside of the new levee, 105.99 acres, making a total of 135.19 acres lying between the land toe of the new levee and the land toe of the old levee.
The assessed value of the land for the year 1929, the year preceding the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Eldridge v. TrezevantSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Wolfe v. HurleyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1930
- Green v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Boyce Cottonseed Oil Mfg. Co. v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Peart v. MeekerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1893
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Dickson v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- General Box Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- DeSambourg v. BOARD OF COM'RSSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Richardson & Bass v. Board of Levee CommissionersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- Pruyn v. Nelson Bros.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
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