Legal Opinion
Police Jury of Parish of St. James v. Borne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 29, 1939No. 35325PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Justice.
The Police Jury of the' Parish of St. James established a Farm-to-Market public road, known as “Rear Baytree Settlement Parish Road.” The Works Progress Administration, under the sponsorship of the police jury, improved, drained and hard-surfaced the road during the years 1936 and 1937. The road was used by the inhabitants of the Rear Baytree settlement from the time of its completion until the defendants, the title owners of the portion of land dedicated as a public road, caused it to be closed. Whereupon the police jury filed this suit for an injunction to restrain the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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