Heezen v. Aurora County

RENTTO, Judge.

Parts of the farms owned by the plaintiffs in these two actions, located in Crystal Lake Township, Aurora County, South Dakota, were flooded in the summer of 1962 by an overflow from Crystal Lake. Their claims are that the manner in which the defendants graded, maintained and improved the road on the section line between sections 11 and 14 diverted water from another watershed into Crystal Lake causing the overflow which flooded their lands. In these actions they seek to enjoin defendants from continuing such diversion and to recover damages.

In the action by the Heezens,…