Legal Opinion
La Terre Co. v. Billiot's Shell Island, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided July 26, 1937No. 29644PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity in which the La Terre Company, Inc., plaintiff herein, seeks to be quieted in its alleged possession and ownership of a certain tract of land known as Billiot’s Island. Plaintiff alleges that it is the owner and is in possession of 20,-098.03 acres of land in township 19 south, range IS east, in Terrebonne parish, including all of section 3 except the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter; that it acquired this land by mesne conveyance from the board of commissioners of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District (hereinafter called the levee…
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- Galt v. WillinghamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1926
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3Cited by1 opinion
- La Terre Co. v. Billiot's Shell Island, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939