Ledoux v. Allegre

The plaintiff sued the defendants, claiming $1,500 damages, for a trespass in cutting down trees upon his land, on the east side of the.bayou Teche, and within the enclosure around his house. There are divers other matters set forth in the petition, by way of anticipation of the expected de-fence, which it is not material now to notice.

As expected, the defendants, in reality, justified the trespass by setting up the existence of a servitude in favor of the land owned by them on the west side of the bayou Teche, upon the tract claimed by the plaintiff on the east side, which entitled them to…