Legal Opinion
Board of Levee Com'rs v. Whitney Trust & Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 2, 1930No. 30642PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, C. J.
The purpose of this suit is to determine the status and security of a bond issue of $2,-200,000, of the board of levee commissioners of the Orleans levee district. The bonds were authorized by an ordinance of the hoard, adopted on the 7th of April, 1030, under the authority to issue bonds to the amount of .$15,000,000, conferred by subsection (i) of section 7 of article 16 of the Constitution, as this section was amended in November, 1928, according to Act No. 292 of 1928.
The defendant Whitney Trust & Savings Bank accepted an offer of the levee board to sell the bank five of the bonds, on the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Board of Com'rs of Caddo Levee Dist. v. Pure Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- State v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- State Ex Rel. Board of Com'rs v. GraceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Board of Com'rs of Tensas Basin Levee Dist. v. HardtnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Board of Com'rs v. Howard Land & Timber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Dantoni v. Board of Levee Commissioners of Orleans Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- Lincoln Parish School Board v. Ruston CollegeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
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