Davis v. City of Crawfordsville

Elliott, C. J. —

Appellant’s counsel say that; “ The theory upon which the complaint is drawn is, that a municipal corporation has no right to collect surface water in an artificial channel and cast it in a body upon another’s property.” The theory is sound, for a municipal corporation is liable in *2damages if it collects water in an artificial channel and pours it upon the land of another. City of Evansville v. Decker, 84 Ind. 325 (43 Am. Rep. 86); City of Crawfordsville v. Bond, 96 Ind. 236; Lipes v. Hand, 104 Ind. 503: Rice v. City of Evansville, 108 Ind. 7; City of Terre Haute v. Hudnut,…