Tripodi Family Trust v. Muskingum Watershed, 2007 Ap 09 0056 (12-26-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Appellant Tripodi Family Trust appeals the August 20, 2007 judgment entry of the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas, Conservancy Division, in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. The relevant facts leading to this appeal are as follows.

{¶ 2} The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District ("MWCD") was created in 1933 as part of a comprehensive flood control and water conservation project. The boundaries of the MWCD comprise all, or part of, eighteen counties in eastern Ohio. The water which runs off the land within the MWCD drains into the…