City of Bruce v. Edwards

BROOM, Justice:

Appellee was awarded damages as a consequence of flooding of his lands from a recently constructed sewer lagoon of the City of Bruce on nearby property. The award was made in the Chancery Court of Calhoun County, wherein appellee sought damages as well as injunctive relief.

Appellee averred in his amended bill of complaint that he owned certain lands in Calhoun County lying north of *516Cow-Pen Creek near The Liquor-Up Crossing on Skuna River. The lands are situated to the south of appellant’s sewer lagoon. Some thirty-five acres of his lands were averred by appellee as “rendered…