Willis v. City of Perry

The undisputed facts in this case are that, in 1888, plaintiff sunk a well on her lot in the city of Perry, Iowa, and secured a flow of water therefrom, which rose to a height of several feet above the surface of the ground. She erected a bath house, and piped the water from the well into said house and the bath tubs therein, and built up a large aud profitable business. In 1890 one Blank sunk a well on his ground, near to plaintiff’s well; and, very soon after, one Burlington sunk a well on his land near plaintiff’s well. Both the Blank and Burlington wells were situated on ground…