Holley v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.

FOURNET, Justice.

This is a suit to recover the sum of $13,-460 for damages resulting from the inundation of plaintiffs’ property, allegedly caused by the fault of defendant in constructing a double culvert across Bayou Nicholas to replace a 238-foot railroad trestle bridge, thereby obstructing the flow of the bayou.

The plaintiffs are the owners of Gilmore Plantation and Briar’s Bend lying west of the right of way of the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company in Red River parish. It is their contention that their land was provided by nature with adequate, proper, and sufficient drainage through…