Carson v. Hercules Powder Co.

Hugh M. Bland, Justice.

This is a suit seeking injunctive relief and damages. The record is voluminous, containing 375 pages of testimony. The facts are substantially as follows.

Appellant, Kelsey Carson, is a commercial fisherman and has fished approximately a 30-mile stretch of Bayou Meto, a non-navigable stream, since 1927. He claims to have permission of the riparian owners along this stream, mostly oral permission with the exception of a written agreement with one Nelson Crum. Since 1951 he has lived on the bank of the stream in his own house located on the farm of W. "W. Walton. He does…