Seligman v. Tschirn

ELLIS, Judge.

In the early 60’s, plaintiff Alain R. Selig-man acquired a piece of property fronting on the Bogue Falaya River, the front portion of which was low and swampy. He excavated a semi-circular canal or slip, about 60 to 80 feet wide entirely on his own property, leaving a small island in the center at the original bank of the river. He also built a bridge from his property across the canal to the island, and on the bridge he put a sign reading “Keep Out.”

Several years later, Mr. Seligman’s neighbor to the north, Lomis Stewart, was having a pond dug on the low part of his property,…