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Walsh v. Bd. of Commr's, Pontchartrain Levee

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
May 25, 1956
233 F.2d 620 (5th Cir. 1956)

Opinion

No. 15620.

May 25, 1956.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Herbert W. Christenberry, Judge.

William V. Redmann, Guste, Barnett Redmann, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Geo. A. Dreyfous, New Orleans, La., amicus curiae.

Lloyd R. Himel, Lutcher, La., Martin, Himel, Hinckley Morel, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before JONES, Circuit Judge, and DAWKINS and WRIGHT, District Judges.


The judgment appealed from should be vacated and set aside in order that there may be applied the principles recently announced by the Louisiana Supreme Court in Delaune v. Board of Commissioners for the Pontchartrain Levee District, 87 So.2d 749. Therefore, the judgment entered must be reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings.

Reversed and remanded.


Summaries of

Walsh v. Bd. of Commr's, Pontchartrain Levee

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
May 25, 1956
233 F.2d 620 (5th Cir. 1956)
Case details for

Walsh v. Bd. of Commr's, Pontchartrain Levee

Case Details

Full title:Edmond WALSH, Appellant, v. The BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: May 25, 1956

Citations

233 F.2d 620 (5th Cir. 1956)