LAKE PROVIDENCE PORT COM'N v. BUNGE CORPORATION

No. 10717.

193 So.2d 363 (1966)

LAKE PROVIDENCE PORT COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BUNGE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1967.

Writ Refused February 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Voelker, Ragland & Fox, and McIntosh, Hester & Gilfoil, Lake Providence, for appellant.

Captan Jack Wyly, Lake Providence, and Smith, Taliaferro & Griffing, Jonesville, for appellee.

Before HARDY, GLADNEY and BOLIN, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge.

Lake Providence Port Commission, created as an executive department of the State of Louisiana by Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:1501 and Article 6, Sec. 33 of the Louisiana Constitution is vested with authority over all the river front land in East Carroll Parish for the development of port facilities on the Mississippi River. Pursuant to this authority the Port Commission acquired 284 acres of land and developed a portion thereof as a port.

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