Minton v. Steakley

HOGAN, Judge.

Alleging that they had an irrevocable right to drain their land through a ditch located on defendants’ land, and that defendants had interfered with that right, plaintiffs brought this action for a mandatory injunction. The trial court denied relief, and the plaintiffs have appealed.

The land involved lies in the southwest corner of Stoddard County. It is included in a large drainage district which, from the exhibits, appears to drain an area approximately equal to two Congressional Townships generally south and west into the St. Francis River. Plaintiffs are the owners of a…