Wilson v. Hagins

Defendants in error, A. J. and B. J. Hagins, instituted this suit against W. T. Wilson, plaintiff in error, and Walter Carlisle, alleging that there is a stream traversing the several tracts of land owned by the parties to this suit. They alleged that plaintiff in error Wilson had erected an embankment and ditch on the lands owned by himself and by Carlisle, and that said embankment and ditch diverted flood waters flowing through Duck Creek and a slough coming out of said creek from their natural course and on to the lands of the defendants in error, to their damage. They prayed for damages,…