Lydia Harrison Ryan, Cross-Appellants v. Southern Natural Gas Company, Cross-Appellee

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Southern Natural Gas Company (SNG), which was granted a servitude to property owned by appellees’ ancestors, challenges the district court’s judgment against it for the loss and deterioration of approximately 330 acres of marshland. The district court found that the marsh damage was due to appellant’s failure to dam a pipeline canal it constructed on plaintiffs’ property. Because the servitude agreement absolved SNG from the obligation to dam the canal, appellant owed no duty to appellees to do so. We therefore reverse and render the judgment entered by the…