Malvern Gravel Company v. McMillan

Appellees sued appellant for damages in the amount of $3,000, alleged to have been caused by appellant in negligently causing the Ouachita river to overflow farm lands owned by them. On a jury trial they were given judgment for $500'.

The suit was based upon the following allegations of negligence:

“Plaintiffs allege that the defendant through its agents, servants and employees, negligently cut the east bank of the Ouachita river for a distance of about three hundred yards just a few feet west of their land. Plaintiffs allege that the defendant has partly constructed a levee at each end where…