Legal Opinion
Spyker v. International Paper Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 3, 1931No. 31176PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The International Paper Company operates two pulp and paper mills in the town of Bastrop,, La., and has operated them for a number of years.
In connection with its operations, defendant company discharges refuse and waste substances from its mills into the waters of Stalkinghead bayou, a natural drain for the entire town of Bastrop and all of its industries.
After being discharged from this bayou into a brake two miles southwest of the corporate limits of Bastrop, the waters emerge from the brake into a well-defined channel, known as Black bayou, and pass farther down through another brake into…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jones v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- National Park Bank v. Concordia Land & Timber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Griffin v. Drainage CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Ducros v. St. Bernard Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Citizens' Bank of Louisiana v. JeansonneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Dean v. Hercules IncorporatedSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Devoke v. Yazoo M. v. R. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- Young v. International Paper Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Wilson v. HartzmanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Freestate Industrial Development Co. v. T. & H., INC.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
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