This case involves an inquiry into the measure of damages to the owner of land bordering on a bayou, where defendant dredging soil from its bottom removed the support for plaintiff's shoreline and caused part of it to cave in. We hold the before-and-after rule is applicable and was applied correctly by the trial court.
Charles A. Waggener and wife, Lucile Waggener, brought this suit in the Circuit Court...
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