Davidson v. Vaughn

This is a bill in equity. The plaintiff seeks an injunction restraining the defendant from interfering with a pipe laid from a spring on the defendant’s land, through which the plaintiff takes water for use on his premises. After hearing and written findings of fact the trial court dismissed the bill and the cause is here on the plaintiff’s exceptions.

The parties are adjoining land owners. The spring is situated on a hillside and the stream issuing from it flows in a northerly direction for a distance of 120 feet, and then sinks underground ánd pursues a well defined channel through limestone…