Waldrop v. Knight

SHORES, Justice.

This is a dispute over a boundary line and the use of well water. James Harold Knight, the plaintiff/appellee, and Cecil and Margaret Waldrop, the defendants/appellants, are coterminous landowners in Winston County, Alabama. The tracts owned by the parties were once a single parcel; it was divided into two separate parcels. Knight is in possession of the northern half and the Waldrops are in possession of the southern half.

Knight sued the Waldrops, asking the court to fix the boundary line between the adjoining properties and to enjoin the Wal-drops from interfering with his…