Legal Opinion
Delahoussaye v. Judice
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided August 15, 1858PublishedCited by 8 opinions
PPEAL from tlie District Court of tlie Parish of St. Martin, Martel, J.
1Opinion of the CourtSpoword, J.
The defendants have appealed from a judgment of the District Court ordering tlie stoppage of an artificial canal cut upon some of the defendants’ lauds, for the purpose of draining certain marais, or ponds, situated within territory belonging to the defendant, into Pointo Claire Coulée.
The plaintiffs complain that, by this artificial work, their lands adjacent to the Pointo Claire Coulée are subjected to an unnatural burden by receiving waters from which they would otherwise be exempt, and thus being made more liable to overflows.
The first point in the defence is a denial that the canal…
2Cited by8 opinions
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- Livingston v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
- Acadia-Vermilion Rice Irrigating Co. v. BroussardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Petite Anse Coteau Drainage Dist. v. Youngsville Drainage Dist. of Parish of LafayetteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Greco v. FrigerioLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1926
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