Yowmans v. . Hendersonville

The action was to recover damages to plaintiff's house and lot abutting on Fourth Avenue in Hendersonville, N.C. claimed to have been caused by wrongfully diverting water upon the same by defendants, engaged in grading and paving the streets of the town. There was also allegations with supporting evidence, on the part of plaintiff, that defendant in such work had wrongfully and negligently concentrated the surplus water of the streets and thrown same upon plaintiff's lot, causing damage to the lot and the house situate thereon.

On the part of defendant, there was denial of any wrongful (576)…