Town of Leesville v. Kapotsky

Relator applies for a mandamus to compel the district judge to allow him a suspensive appeal from a judgment ordering prohibitory and mandatory injunctions to issue, restraining him from obstructing a certain drainage ditch, and commanding him to forthwith remove the obstructions.

Plaintiff, the town of Leesville, alleges that the defendant, Albert Kapotsky, had closed a natural drain which extended across his property, thereby obstructing the natural flow of the water and creating a cesspool opposite his property, to the injury of the health and life of the inhabitants of the municipality.

Plai…