RICHARDSON & BASS v. BOARD OF LEVEE COMMISSIONERS

No. 41671.

77 So.2d 32 (1954)

226 La. 761

RICHARDSON & BASS (Louisiana Account) v. BOARD OF LEVEE COMMISSIONERS OF the ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James David McNeill, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Provosty, Sadler & Scott, Ledoux R. Provosty, Alexandria, Doyle, Smith & Doyle, and Charles C. Gremillion, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.


McCALEB, Justice.

This matter presents for determination the ownership of a parcel of land situated in River Lot Sections 4 and 5, T. 18 S., R. 16 E., Plaquemines Parish, having a frontage of 1¼ arpents on the east bank of the Mississippi River by 40 arpents in depth. The issue arises in a concursus proceeding which was initiated by Richardson & Bass, a copartnership holding mineral leases from the rival claimants to the disputed area. Specifically, Richardson...

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