Dussnau v. Generis

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, J.

The plaintiff leased to the defendant a dwelling house in the city of New Orleans for the term of one year, to wit, from 1st of November, 1848, to 1st November, 1849. In the early part of May, 1849, a crevasse occurred a few miles above New Orleans. The water of the Mississippi overflowed the rear of the city, and covered the pavement and banquette in front of the house occupied by the defendant. It rose into the alleyway which was the means of communication between the street and the back buildings of his premises, and nearly reached the…