Barrow v. Landry

The parties are proprietors, of adjacent plantations. The land of the plaintiff drains naturally over the rear portion (sec. 121) of the defendant’s. The present controversy has arisen from the fact that the defendant has erected *682a levee or dam on section 121, which has the effect of interrupting this natural flow of the waters. In answer to the petition, the object of which is to have these impediments removed and damages awarded, the defendant contends that the plaintiff has aggravated the natural servitude : hence a reconventional claim for damages, and a demand to have closed the works…