Yates v. Metropolitan Government

The plaintiffs, Harry Yates and Aileen Yates, have appealed in error from a directed verdict dismissing their suit against the defendant, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, for water damage to plaintiffs’ property which allegedly resulted from improper construction or maintenance of facilities on adjacent property.

The basic facts of the case are uncontroverted. Plaintiffs ’ property faces east. The natural flow of surface water in the area is from southwest to northeast, so that drainage from the land west of (behind) plaintiffs’ property crosses plaintiffs ’…