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LOUISIANA NAV. CO. v. OYSTER COMMISSION

No. 40.

226 U.S. 99 (1912)

33 S.Ct. 78

57 L.Ed. 138

LOUISIANA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED, v. OYSTER COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 2, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas Gilmore and Mr. E.N. Pugh, with whom Mr. J.C. Gilmore was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Ruffin G. Pleasant, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, filed a brief for defendant in error, Conservation Commission of Louisiana.

Mr. John Dymond, Jr., filed a brief for defendants in error, E.C. Joullian Canning Company and Dunbars, Lopez & Dukate Co.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The Supreme Court of Louisiana in this case reviewed the judgment of a trial court which dismissed the petition of the plaintiff because it stated no cause of action. The plaintiff in error here was plaintiff in the trial court and appellant in the court below. The suit was based on an alleged right to recover damages for slander of the title of plaintiff to described lands. Under the law of Louisiana, for...

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