Tope v. King County

Appellants, as plaintiffs, brought this action to recover damages to real property caused by the invasion of surface waters, and to obtain an injunction against the future diversion of such waters to the injury of their property. Trial before the court without a jury resulted in a judgment dismissing the action, following which this appeal was taken.

Appellants, husband and wife, are contract purchasers of a tract of land in King county, described as the south 300 feet of the north 602.64 feet of government lot 1, section 32, township 22 1ST., range 4 E. W. M., located about twenty miles south…