Fennema v. Menninga

A public highway runs east and west on the county line between Jasper county on the north and Marion county on the south. The highway separates Section 36 in Jasper county and Section 1 in Marion county. Plaintiff is the owner of a forty-acre tract in Section 36 bordering the highway and defendant is the owner of the land across the road in Section 1. Plaintiff brought suit against the defendant alleging that for manj'- years a natural drain or waterway ran across Section 36 and over defendant’s land in a southeasterly direction but for more than five years the defendant has erected and…