DeKalb County v. Bolick

Smith, Justice.

Appellee Bolick brought an action in 1976 seeking to enjoin appellant DeKalb County from maintaining a nuisance caused by drainage structures that allowed excess water to accumulate on appellee’s land and to damage it. The court entered a permanent injunction whereby DeKalb County was enjoined to “do whatever work is necessary upon the drainage structures which are county property in front of (appellee’s) house to the extent of preventing such backing of water onto the (appellee’s) property as is caused by the condition of such county structures.” The county performed some…