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Title: International Paper Co. v. Busby.
Author : United States Court Of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Release Date : January 16, 1950
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 57 KB

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This appeal is from a judgment for $5,000, rendered against appellant in an action of tort brought by appellee, for damages to his farming land, pasture areas, and livestock, caused by an overflow thereon of water discharged by the appellant, which is engaged in the manufacture of paper from wood pulp, and has been since 1936. In the process of making paper, it uses large quantities of water, which after such use is dark in color, as a result of suspended organic matter, and is often referred to as black water.The daily output of used water is drained into settling basins maintained on appellants land. These basins are emptied into Bodcau Bayou, and it usually takes from thirty to sixty days to empty them. Appellee is a downstream riparian owner, and has been since 1935. His property is located on Bodcau Bayou, ten or twelve miles from the paper mill. When appellant empties its settling basins into Bodcau Bayou, such discharge causes a swelling of the stream, and the black waters flow onto appellees lands.