Smith v. Orben

Complainants, owners of lands in the township of Millburn, through which a natural water course flows, seek relief by mandatory injunction against the defendant Charles S. Orben as owner of lands above those of complainants, charging that said defendant, by building upon, grading and developing his lands, including the laying out of streets and the construction of a drainage system, has concentrated and diverted surface waters from his lands and emptied them into the water course above the lands of the complainants by reason whereof in times of much precipitation, an excessive quantity of…