Lewallen v. City of Niles

Plaintiffs, three landowners in the City of Niles, brought this suit in October of 1975 to enjoin the defendants, City of Niles and Wolverine Sign Works, from discharging surface waters upon their land. A temporary injunction was denied and the case set for trial.

Before trial, plaintiffs and the city reached an agreement allowing the city to be dismissed as a defendant. The city agreed to divert the flow of certain storm sewers away from plaintiffs’ land.

The dispute continued between plaintiffs and Wolverine Sign Works. Wolverine owns land across a public street and higher than plaintiffs’…