Guillory v. Fontenot

This is a suit for the removal of an alleged obstruction to a natural drain. An exception of no right or cause of action was filed, heard, and overruled; issue was joined by answer, the case was tried, there was judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed.

The defendant admits that his land owes a servitude of drain to the lands of the plaintiffs, and that the natural drain is Coulee Sackett, which traverses defendant’s land and empties into Bayou Des Cannes. It is alleged and shown that the lands of the two plaintiffs and of the defendant have been devoted, almost exclusively, to…