Cissell v. Grimes Investments, Inc.

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appeal is from a judgment refusing to grant the appellants injunctive relief and damages against the appellees. The crucial issue is whether the appellees unlawfully increased the flow of surface water across the land of the appellants.

The tract of land being developed as a subdivision by the appellees lies on the west side of Ormsby Lane. The land owned by appellant Andrew Conners is located on the east side of Ormsby Lane across from the appellees’ tract, and the land owned by appellant Lillian Cissell adjoins that of Conners. The natural drainage from the…