Viestenz v. Arthur Township

This is a suit in equity for a mandatory injunction. As grounds therefor plaintiffs allege that the defendants in constructing the public highways bounding plaintiffs’ lands failed to do that in accordance with scientific highway construction and engineering; that they have obstructed the natural *1031drainage of the surface waters by the embankments of the highway; that as a result thereof the surface waters from adjoining lands overflow the highway ditches and flood large portions of plaintiffs’ land; that plaintiffs suffer irreparable damage therefrom; that they have no adequate remedy at law.…