ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. v. GEORGE

No. 41839.

241 Miss. 233 (1961)

130 So.2d 260

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. GEORGE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.C. Ward, Laub, Adams, Forman & Truly, Natchez, for appellant.

Gwin & Kuehnle, Natchez, for appellee.


McGEHEE, C.J.

The appellee French George owns a tract of land of approximately 85 acres in Adams County, Mississippi, which he used as a cattle farm and for growing hay. He purchased the land on April 22, 1949, from George R. Hightower and wife. From and after his purchase he was having an "erosion problem" and in July of that year he constructed a flume to correct this situation, that is to say, a ditch or gorge through...

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