Washington Golf & Country Club, Inc. v. Briggs & Brennan Developers, Inc.

The Washington Golf and Country Club, Inc., hereinafter called complainant, filed its bill against Briggs and Brennan Developers, Inc., hereinafter called defendant, in which it sought injunctive relief and damages. It charged that during early 1953, defendant, owner of a 17-acre tract of wooded land which adjoins complainant’s golf course on the south undertook to develop its acreage and establish a subdivision known as Forest Hills, and in doing so changed the topography of the land, laid out roadways, installed drains and storm sewers, and by these means collected the surface water into…