Simpson v. Stillwater Water Co.

COLLINS, J.2

Defendant is the owner of a block of land in the city of Stillwater, abutting Fourth street on the east; while plaintiff is the owner of a smaller tract, a few rods distant, in a southerly direction. Through defendant’s land, when in its natural condition, there was a deep ravine, in which ran a small stream of water, and, at certain seasons of the year, large quantities of surface waters gathered therein, making their way easterly to Lake St. Croix, less than a mile away. South of the ravine, and about on the south line of defendant’s land, was a natural barrier, — a ridge of…