Collins v. Wickland

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from that part of an order denying a new trial, which order was made pursuant to defendant’s blended motion for amended findings and conclusions of law, or in the alternative for a new trial.

We are here concerned with the proper law applicable in an action brought by the plaintiff, as the owner of a city lot, against the defendant, as the owner of an adjoining lot, to recover damages caused by the flooding of plaintiff’s basement. The flooding was alleged to have resulted from defendant’s obstruction and inadequate diversion of a well-defined water channel extending…