DELAUNE v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

No. 40014.

87 So.2d 749 (1956)

230 La. 117

Raymond H. DELAUNE et ux. v. The BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR The PONTCHARTRAIN LEVEE DISTRICT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christensen, Salomon & Christensen, by Siegfried B. Christensen, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

George A. Dreyfous, William V. Redmann, New Orleans, amici curiae.

Lloyd R. Himel, Sigur Martin, Lutcher, for defendant-appellee.


McCALEB, Justice.

Plaintiffs brought this suit to recover $5,000, the alleged value of two certain parcels of land owned by them bordering on Lake Pontchartrain which were appropriated by the Board of Commissioners for the Pontchartrain Levee District for the construction of a levee along the south shore of the lake to protect the lands lying back of said levee from overflow of the waters of the lake.

The defendant Board filed an exception of no cause of action...

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