BOURBON COUNTRY ESTATES, INC. v. ST. JAMES PARISH

Nos. 92-CA-582, 92-CA-583.

611 So.2d 180 (1992)

BOURBON COUNTRY ESTATES, INC., et al. v. ST. JAMES PARISH, St. James Parish President & St. James Parish Council.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied March 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm J. Peytavin, Lutcher, Richard J. Guidry, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas J. Kliebert, Jr., Convent, for defendant-appellee.

Before GRISBAUM, DUFRESNE and WICKER, JJ.


DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by St. James Parish, its President and Council, from a writ of mandamus directing the parish and its officers to vacate a portion of an established subdivision in accordance with a proposal submitted by the property owner. For the following reasons we vacate the writ of mandamus and render judgment in favor of the Parish and its officials.

The basic facts are these. In the 1980's, Bourbon Country Estates, Inc., (BCE), a land...

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