Bentley v. Fischer Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
OR APPEAL from the CiiviT"District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Theard, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Miller, J.
The plaintiff appeals from the judgment awarding her *452only part of the damages she claims to have sustained by the building of a levee on her land by the defendants.
The defendant, Conrad 33. Fiselier, the owner of swamp land, found it essential, in order to float the timber cut on his land to the Atchafalaya river, to construct a lock in a bayou by means of which it was expected sufficient water would be accumulated to float the timber. The' bayou was on the plaintiffs land, as we find it stated in this brief, but being a natural outlet for…
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