Hahn v. Curtis

On November 16, 1943, appellant filed his first complaint in this action, and on July 18, 1944, filed his first amended complaint. He alleged therein that he was the owner of certain described lands which were contiguous for a distance of one-fourth mile to lands owned by defendant; that near the dividing line, but upon defendant’s land, there was a natural ridge of land that directed the flow of surface waters northeast, away from plaintiff’s land, but that defendant, prior to 1942, had caused or permitted a ditch to be dug through said ridge, which said ditch she had, in 1941 or 1942,…