Steinke v. Bentley
Indiana Court of Appeals
From the Marshal] Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtGavin, J.
This is an action brought by appellees to recover damages by reason of appellants having closed up two drains upon their own lands, through which appel*664lees claimed a right, by way of an easement, to conduct the water off their lands.
From the special findings of fact, it appears that in the year 1862 one Perses Reeves was the owner of the two tracts now owned by the appellants and appellees respectively. At that time the land now owned by appellees was wet, and required drainage to make it fit for use, and she then constructed two ditches upon and from that land, across the tract now owned by…
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