Dolph v. Mangus

GARRARD, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiffs brought this action for damages and injunction claiming that the defendants had altered the natural flow of surface waters causing flooding and erosion of some of plaintiffs' cropland. The defendants answered in denial, and also asserted the statute of limitations. After trial the court entered certain findings sua sponte and gave judgment for the defendants. 1

The complaint asserted that there were two distinct natural drainage systems affecting plaintiffs' land and that each had been affected by acts of one or more of the defendants. These systems have…