TERREBONNE PARISH POLICE JURY v. MATHERNE

No. 81-C-0531.

405 So.2d 314 (1981)

TERREBONNE PARISH POLICE JURY v. Carroll MATHERNE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. J. Gray, III, Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Barsh & Hunter, Lake Charles, H. Minor Pipes, Sr., Pipes & Pipes, Houma, for defendant-applicant.

Michael J. Samanie, Houma, for plaintiff-respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

The question presented for our decision is whether a parish governing authority may have a landowner enjoined from diverting his property's drainage from its natural flow and destination into a parish drainage project because the diversion of the natural drain impairs the efficiency of the public drainage system and contributes to the flooding of homes. The district court granted an injunction and the court of appeal affirmed. We granted certiorari...

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