Legal Opinion

Board of Levee Commissioners v. Aurianne

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 12, 1955No. 42490PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, The Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, alleging that it had not been able to agree with the defendant, John Charles Aurianne, on the price to be paid him for certain property appropriated by it in 1930 in con*85nection with the development of the lakefront area bordering Lake Pontchartrain, instituted suit to be adjudged the owner of said property, praying that the court fix a price or valuation thereon “in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of the Constitution;” and from that portion of the district court’s judgment fixing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Marion & Rye Valley Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Welsh v. Board of Levee Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Roy v. BeltLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
  2. Wynat Dev. v. Bd. of Levee Com'rs.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
  3. State ex rel. Department of Highways v. LirocchiLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
  4. Board of Levee Commissioners v. AurianneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  5. Board of Levee Commissioners v. AurianneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955

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