Chapel v. Smith

The plaintiff sued defendants in the Genesee circuit court for damages to his premises by the opening of a tunnel through a natural embankment by reason of which a large amount of water, contrary to its natural flow, was let down upon and across his lands.

The plaintiff alleged in his declaration that he was the owner of 80 acres of land, situated in the township of Grand Blanc, in Genesee county, occupied and tilled by him for farming purposes; that in 1884 said land was properly drained by good and sufficient drains, the main *102drain being laid out and constructed by the township drain…