Leffingwell v. Glendenning

G rutin Smith, Chief Justice.

Appellant and appellees are adjoining homeowners. Appellant’s lot is on ground higher than appellees’ and natural drainage from Leffingwell’s land has frequently flooded appellees’ property. To fend against such recurring problems the Glendennings let a contract for a stone-and-cement wall 140 feet long, 70-ft. of which is along the dividing line between Leffingwell and the Glendennings. Leffingwell complained that the structure encroached upon the southern extremity of his lot and that overlapping varies from a fraction of an inch to almost a foot. The extreme…