Conrad v. Smith

Gteaves., Oh. J:

Complainant filed this bill against defendants, who were highway commissioners of Ecorse, in Wayne county, to restrain them from causing a ditch or drain to be dug on the side of the highway upon the front of his land.

The court below heard the case on'pleadings and proofs, and dismissed the bill, aud the complainant appealed.

An understanding of the case requires a reference to some of the main facts, but a precise idea of the situation is not attainable without a diagram.

Complainant owns an eighty acre lot in Ecorse, fronting on a public highway situated on the line between…