Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Board of Commissioners for the Pontchartrain Levee District
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 4, 1968No. 2834PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASEZ, Judge.
Plaintiff1 filed suit to recover the fair market value of property she owned fronting on Lake Pontchartrain in Jefferson Parish upon which the Board of Commissioners for the Pontchartrain Levee District erected a levee in 1949. In her petition, filed in 1963, she asserted defendant was without power to appropriate her land and the taking without compensation violated her constitutional guaranty that she could not be deprived of property without due process of law under the state and the federal constitutions.
Defendant claimed the right to appropriate the land for levee…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dickson v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Delaune v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
- State v. AucoinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- Wolfe v. HurleyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1930
- Jeanerette Lumber & Shingle Co. v. Board of Commissioners for the Atchafalaya Basin Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Detlic Farm & Timber Co. v. Board of Com'rsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Wood v. Board of Commissioners ex rel. Pontchartrain Levee DistrictLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976