Mayer v. Ford

Plaintiffs and defendant Patience Ford own adjoining lots on the south side of Reddy Street, in the City of Baton Rouge. There is a house on plaintiff's lot, about three feet from the line dividing the two lots, said line being the western property line of plaintiff and the eastern line of defendant. Plaintiffs' lot is on an elevation from the street sidewalk curb, and level for about one hundred feet and thereafter gradually sloping to the south, and to the west, the western border line being about ten feet higher than the western border line of defendant Patience Ford's lot when defendant's…