RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 244 (SB 129) 2017 Regular Session Allain
Prior law provided that the owner of an enclosed estate who has no access to his estate other
than by way of an existing waterway passing through neighboring property shall have a right
and servitude of passage on such waterway.
New law provides that such owner is bound to indemnify his neighbor for the damage he
may occasion.
New law further provides that it will have prospective application only.
Effective August 1, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 9:1254(A))