Warmka v. Root

Sylvester Warmka and Darlene Warmka own farm property in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, immediately adjacent to the farm property of G. Maurice Root and Vel-va Root. Darrel Wood owns farm property in the same area. All properties were assessed for a drainage ditch. Root proposed to install drain tile and a culvert as a means of facilitating his use of the drainage ditch. Warmka and Wood sought to restrain this use on the grounds that Root was not draining surface waters and also that his use would overburden the ditch. The trial court denied the claims of Warmka- and Wood. We affirm.

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