Louisiana State Mineral Board v. Albarado

CHRIS T. BARNETTE, Judge pro tem.

This proceeding is a sequel to Dugas v. Powell, 228 La. 748, 84 So.2d 177 (1955). That case finally decided by the Supreme Court, November 7, 1955 (rehearing denied December 12, 1955), after nearly 20 years of litigation, recognized the heirs of Francois Zenon Boutte to be the owners of a certain tract of land, comprising approximately 400 acres in Jefferson Parish on Barataría Island. The heirs, so recognized, were the collateral descendants of Francois Zenon Boutte and numbered more than a thousand.

From 1955 until the instant proceeding was filed, the…