Dunn v. Youmans

Appellant and appellee are the owners of adjoining farms in Vermilion county, separated by a road running north and south, Mrs. Dunn’s land lying to the east and Youmans’ land to the west of the road. The natural drainage of the eastern part of Youmans’ land is across the road and north-east across a part of the Dunn land. Something more than twenty years ago two drains were put in the Dunn land to carry away the surface water from that land and from the land that naturally drained across it. The drains were changed in some respects, until finally, at the time this controversy arose, the…