Person v. Roane

Appellee brought suit against appellant alleging that appellant had entered upon appellee’s land and had set off explosives thereon and he asked for damages as a consequence thereof and for an injunction to prevent appellant from further trespassing thereon. Appellant answered and averred that he did not enter upon any land belonging to appellee but that he merely opened up a drainage ditch which was situated not upon appellee’s land but upon appellant’s land; he also filed a cross-bill in which he alleged that appellee had filled in the ditch in question and he prayed for an injunction to…