GRAYSON v. COMMISSIONERS OF BOSSIER LEVEE DISTRICT

No. 11304.

229 So.2d 139 (1969)

Sam B. GRAYSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONERS OF BOSSIER LEVEE DISTRICT of Louisiana, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, by Frank M. Cook, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Watson, Brittain & Murchison, Natchitoches, Billy Ross Robinson, Bossier City, for defendant-appellee.

Before AYRES, BOLIN and DIXON, JJ.


DIXON, Judge.

This contest between landowners and a levee board involves land in Section 24, Township 17 North, Range 13 West, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The defendant levee board undertook to improve Macks Bayou, part of which traversed a portion of plaintiffs' lands. Plaintiffs also owned land in the adjoining Section 23.

The suit began as a possessory action by plaintiffs, who alleged that the defendant levee district, without any authority or right, entered...

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