Adams v. Walker
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the case for an injury to the land of the plaintiff by the turning of surface water upon it, by the defendant from his adjoining land; brought to the superior court in New London county and tried to the jury before Park, J. The jury having rendered a verdict for the defendant the plaintiff moved for a new trial for error in the charge of the judge. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, C. J.
This action is for an injury caused by turning the surface water which accumulated on the defendant’s lot from rains and the melting of snow upon the adjoining *467lot of the plaintiff. The defendant claimed the right to grade his own lot as he pleased, and that if he did this for any lawful purpose of his own, as to prevent the surface water from flowing into his well, and had no malicious intention to injure the plaintiff, he was not liable for any injury resulting consequentially therefrom by the surface water being turned by such grading directly upon the plaintiff’s lot where it had not…
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