Butler v. Bruno

*265Kelleher, J.

During the summer season, the litigants, presently before us are next-door neighbors. The plaintiffs are husband and wife. They seek damages which result from the defendant’s deflection of surface water from his property onto their premises. A nonjury trial was held before a justice of the Superior Court. At the conclusion of the presentation of all the testimony, the trial justice found for the defendant. The plaintiffs have appealed.

In 1961, the Butlers purchased a summer home. It is located in the Sand Hill Cove section of the town of Narragansett on Maple Avenue. There they…