International Paper Co. v. Maddox

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by the appellee for temporary and permanent damages resulting to his property and his established fishing business by a continuing nuisance, maintained by the appellant in the operation of its paper mill in Webster Parish, Louisiana. He alleges that the effluent refuse matter from said mill drains into Bodcau Bayou; that this enormous quantity of waste water, aggregating about 12,000 gallons per minute, contains chemicals, ■fibrous matter, and other impurities, which completely destroy all plant and aquatic life in said bayou; and that the water…