Flesner v. Steinbruck

This is an action for an injunction to restrain the defendant from interfering with the flow of water. The defendant asked for an injunction to restrain the plaintiff from discharging water upon the defendant’s premises. The plaintiff prevailed and the defendant appeals.

The plaintiff is the owner of the southeast quarter of section 26, and the defendant owns the west half of the southwest quarter and the south half of the northwest quarter of section 25, in town 7, range 8, in Clay County. There is a public highway between the respective farms. The plaintiff purchased his property in 1892,…