United States Ex Rel. Louisiana v. Jack
Supreme Court of the United States
CEETIOEAEI TO THE CIECUIT COUET OF APPEALS FOE THE FIFTH CIECUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke
By act of its General Assembly in 1886 amended in 1888 the State of Louisiana created the Tensas Basin Levee District for the purpose of providing a system of levees and other works to aid in protecting the lands within its boundaries from floods and overflow. The act provided for the appointment of a Levee Board of Commissioners to have charge of the affairs of the District and Constituted this Board a corporation, with power to sue and be sued, and to sell, mortgage, pledge and otherwise dispose of lands which the State donated and caused to be conveyed to the Board.
In 1898 the Levee Board…
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