Becknell v. Weindhal

By the court:

Rost, J.

The plaintiff, who is the owner of a sugar plantation fronting on the Mississippi river, has obtained, against the defendant who owns the adjoining plantation below, a judgment ordering him to remove certain works erected by him on his estate, on the ground, that they obstruct one of the natural drains of the plaintiff’s land.

The defendant has appealed, and asks a reversal of the judgment on two grounds: First, that the natural drain claimed, no longer exists. Second, that *292if it does exist, the plaintiff has done, upon his land, works which render the servitude more…