Disputes up high Du battant des lames au sommet des montagnes

in 1830, théodore cazeau became first benefit distant concession in middle of island. set home in salazie in place called mare à poule d eau.

what @ stake in debate, pitted administration against grantees @ end of 1820s , beginning of next decade, whether there remained land distributed. authorities wished open new concessions in cirque of salazie, done in 1830, in heart of la plaine-des-palmistes , of plaine des cafres, happened in 1834. farmers considered parcels extended summit of island s highest mountain, concessions met @ single point.

since latter interpretation did not correspond physical reality of terrain, administration created new distinction between expressions sommet des montagnes ( summit of mountains ) , sommet de la montagne ( summit of mountain ), had hitherto used interchangeably. thus, judgment of conseil de contentieux administratif, issued 2 august 1853, defined first designating high point seen several successive places, while second referred crest seen in foreground. judgment of saint-denis tribunal, issued 5 may 1856, established le sommet des montagnes crest in background seen sea, , there no need differentiate between use of singular , plural in expression. judgment upheld ruling of cour de bordeaux on 19 june 1867.

several years later, ruling of 25 february 1874 ordered amicable delimitation of line of separation forming high point of concessions. however, delimitation of parcels did not follow judicially ordered definition. took acquisition of summits government put end quarrel , fix upper limit of properties.