Long v. Childress’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Broussard v. Cormier · Petite Anse Coteau Drainage Dist. v. Youngsville Drainage Dist. of Parish of Lafayette · Guesnard v. Executors of Bird · 15 La. Ann. 300 - Sowers v. Shiff · 31 So. 2d 446 - Cornett v. Hebert
Most-quoted passages
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“Art. 660. Natural drainage "It is a servitude due by the estate situated below to receive the waters which run naturally from the estate situated above, provided the industry of man has not been used to create that servitude. "The proprietor below is not at liberty to raise any dam, or to make any other work, to prevent this running of the water. "The proprietor above can do nothing whereby the natural servitude due by the estate below may be rendered more burdensome.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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