State v. International Paper Co.

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The grand jury for the Parish of Bossier indicted the defendant, International Paper Company, for polluting the waters and killing the fish in Bayou Bodcaw. The charge was brought under the provisions of section 12 of Act No. 68 of 1932, which makes it an offense to discharge or permit to be discharged into any waters of the State, or •into any drains which discharge into such waters, any substance which kills fish or renders the water unfit for the maintenance of the normal life of fish in such waters. The statute provides that each day on which the offense is…