Stinson v. Fishel

I. Plaintiff owns certain real estate lying south of a public highway. Defendant ownsJand *657which adjoins the highway immediately north of plaintiff’s land. Plaintiff charges that in May, 1892, defendant, without authority therefor, or permission of plaintiff, dug open ditches upon his land, whereby the surface water and drainage of a large area of land was collected together into one ditch, thereby changing its flow, and the manner and volume of its flow, from what it originally was, and discharging the same into the highway, from whence it flowed on to plaintiff’s land, to her damage. The…