Parish of Red River v. Parish of De Soto

Citations

• 119 La. 992
• 44 So. 822
• 1907 La. LEXIS 579

Syllabus

<p>Parishes — Boundaries.</p> <p>Though Act No. 70, p. 108, of 1878, seems to distinguish between “Bayou Pierre” and “Bayou Pierre Lake,” it appears as a fact that Bayou Pierre Lake at times has been a broad sheet of water, extending irregularly in many directions, and at other times has been confined within the banks of Bayou Pierre; that those banks have been permanent and are well-defined, whilst all other banks of Bayou Pierre Lake (if every point reached hy the overflow from Bayou Pierre is to be considered a bank) have been unstable, and are now impossible of ascertainment by any physical signs. Held, therefore, that the words “the western bank of Bayou Pierre Lake,” as used in the statute, must_ be taken as meaning the western bank, susceptible of definite ascertainment; and that the boundary, here in dispute, between the parishes of Red River and De Soto, lies, in township 12 N., range 11 W., as established by both surveyors appointed in this case, and thence (to the northern boundary of township 13) along the western bank of Bayou Pierre, or Bayou Pierre river, and of the same stream, otherwise known as the main, or eastern, channel of Bayou Pierre Lake, all as shown by plat of survey prepared by L. E. Bell, surveyor, a copy of which is herein filed.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 13, Counties, § 3.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>