Sapp v. Frazier

Citations

• 51 La. Ann. 1718
• 26 So. 378

Syllabus

<p>Syllabi's.</p> <p>1. Plaintiff, having tille to a tract, of land bordering on Lake Bistineau, claims riparian ownership of bed of lake in front of his holding.</p> <p>2. To succeed (if at all), it must appear that the land he asserts riparian rights to, has become attached to the original tract either as accretions (alluvion), or dereliction.</p> <p>S. If the original bed of the lake, lias undergone no change, if there has been no deposit forming alluvion, and no permanent subsidence of the waters uncovering land to become dei'cliclion, ho takes nothing.</p> <p>4. The temporary uncovering of parts of the bed of the lake, by the recurring annual ebb of the waters. 1o become, covered again by their rise or flow at (he appropriate season, does not constitute dereliction.</p>