Legal Opinion

Sauter v. Town of Vidalia

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 5, 1903No. 14,375PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Tenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia; D. N. Thompson, Acting Judge. Action by Louisa Sauter and others against the town of Vidalia and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

NICHOLLS, C. J.

The plaintiffs are the widow in community and daughter and heir of Charles Sauter.

The prayer of their petition is: That Jacob E. Schelie individually, and the town of Vidalia, through said Schelie as its mayor, the police jury of Concordia parish, and the board of commissioners of the Fifth Levee District, be cited, and that, after due proceedings had, a mandatory injunction issue to the said defendants, and each of them, commanding them and enjoining them forthwith to abate the nuisance (complained of in their petition) and to remove the ramp constructed…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dubose v. Levee CommissionersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1856
  2. Mithoff v. Town of CarrolltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1857

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Village of Moreauville v. BoyerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  2. Meyers v. DentonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
  3. Davis v. City of AlexandriaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
  4. Louisiana Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children v. Board of Levee Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917

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