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ELDRIDGE v. TREZEVANT

No. 62.

160 U.S. 452 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 345

40 L.Ed. 490

ELDRIDGE, v. TREZEVANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 6, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wade R. Young for appellant.

Mr. M.J. Cunningham, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, and Mr. T.M. Miller for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

By an act of the general assembly of the State of Louisiana, approved February 14, 1879, there was created a board of state engineers, whose duty it was to make a survey of the watercourses, public works, and levees of the State. They were to report to the governor of the State the improvements which they should deem necessary, and the construction of such levees as were of prime importance...

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