State v. Cross Lake Shooting & Fishing Club
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Andrew Jackson Murff, Judge. Action by the State against the Cross Lake Shooting & Fishing Club. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
The state, through the Attorney General, brings this suit for the re*209covery of some 11,000 acres of land, lying in the parish of Caddo and formerly constituting the bed of Cross Lake. The grounds relied on are, substantially, as follows:(1) That, by Act No. 74, p. 95, of 1892, certain swamp lands and lands acquired by the state for unpaid taxes were granted to the board of commissioners of the Caddo levee district (a( public corporation created for drainage and levee purposes), subject to the condition that the title should vest in the board only upon the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McDade v. Bossier Levee BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- St. Paul v. Louisiana Cypress Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Williams v. White Castle Lumber & Shingle Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Shreveport Rod & Gun Club v. Board of Commissioners Caddo Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
3Cited by21 opinions
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- State Ex Rel. Board of Com'rs v. GraceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. Dibert, Stark & Brown Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- State v. AucoinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana v. AllisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
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