Maricle v. Hines

CULVER, Justice.

The parties to this litigation own adjoining premises in the City of Wichita Falls. Appellant, Mrs. Maride, purchased her lot in April, 1945, and appellee, Mrs. Hines, hers in the same month of 1940. In 1950, the appellant began the construction of an apartment house and other structures on her property. During the course of the excavation work it was discovered for the first time, so far as the parties to this litigation are concerned, that the sewer line from appellee’s premises was laid underground about two-thirds of the way across appellant’s property, where it connected…