Borrowman v. Howland

This is an action brought by the commissioners of the Sny Island Levee Drainage District (drainage district) in Calhoun County seeking a mandatory injunction to compel the removal of a farm building which allegedly encroaches upon a drainage district easement. Virgil Howland is the contract purchaser of the land on which the building is located, and he erected the building in issue. On January 21, 1983, an order of mandatory injunction issued, directing defendant to remove the structure from the drainage district’s easement within six months. Defendant appeals.

Howland disputes the validity of…