Schlecht v. Schiel

UDALL, Justice.

Plaintiff s-appellees Frank Schiel and Virdie Schiel, husband and wife, filed an action seeking damages and an injunction, alleging defendants-appellants Arthur Schlecht and Alice Schlecht, husband and wife, diverted the natural stream flow of Powder House Wash, in the vicinity of Wickenburg, Arizona, into plaintiffs’ property (a tourist court) to1 their great damage. After trial to a jury, judgment for plaintiffs on the verdict of $6650 was entered; injunctive relief was denied, as was the motion for new trial, and defendants then perfected this appeal.

The trial of the case,…