Legal Opinion
Miami Corporation v. State
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 30, 1936No. 33712PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
This is an action of boundary by a riparian or littoral owner, claiming through mesne conveyances, particularly one dated November 30, 1917, and a patent issued by the State of Louisiana to one of his predecessors in title dated May 24, 1883, against the State, seeking to be decreed the owner of an eroded area which now forms a part of the bed of Grand Lake in Cameron parish, La.
The defenses are that the State owns the disputed inundated area under either one or both of two distinct rules or principles of law:
1. That the property forms a part of the bottom or bed of a…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Barney v. KeokukSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Jefferis v. East Omaha Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Douglass v. County of PikeSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- McGilvra v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Reeves v. Globe Indemnity Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
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3Cited by69 opinions
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