Edward Douglass White

“ This being the case, it is unnecessary to consider whether the finding that the work of building the dam was concurrently carried on by the state and the United States is not also sufficient to sustain the decree below, since it practically determines that the dam was being constructed in conformity to the act of congress. ”

“ It begins on the highlands on the west bank of the bayou, and extends thence across the bayou to Hart's Island, and from there to Dixie plantation, on Red river.'
'The United States government has contributed four thousand dollars-a sum equal to the price of Hart's contract with the state towards the cost of construction of the line of levees of which the dam in question is a part. Manifestly, the claim that such a work undertaken by the state, with the aid of the general government, is the work of private persons, for private and selfish motives, is absolutely without foundation. ”

“ The plaintiffs in error, by original and supplemental petitions, sued in order to perpetually enjoin the building by the board of state engineers of the state of Louisiana of a dam across an alleged stream, designated as 'Bayou Pierre.' It was averred that the construction would permanently impair the value of certain real property to the plaintiff belonging, situated in the vicinage of the proposed work ”