Plan of Faubourg Ste. Marie riverfront, by Mansuy-Pellitier, 1807

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This file appears in: Batture Cases

The batture area now part of the Central Business District is depicted. Louisiana Map Collection, MaM 807/4; MS42 Courtesy of Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library.

This file appears in: Batture Cases

Batture Cases

By Mary Ann Wegmann, The Law Library of Louisiana & University of New Orleans History Department

The Louisiana Supreme Court decided one of the famous “Batture Cases” while located in the Government House. In Morgan v. Livingston, the Louisiana Supreme Court held that the owner of “rural” land…