Reuther v. Zimbleman

This was an action by John Reuther against Henry Zimbleman for the recovery of damages claimed to have been sustained by the plaintiff by the discharge of surface waters upon his lands by the defendant. The answer admits that, by the cutting of a ditch by the defendant, the waters of a pond on the land previously having no outlet were discharged upon plaintiff’s premises, denies that any damages viere thereby sustained by-plaintiff, and avers that such waters flowed in a natural waterway which crossed the lands of the latter. From a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant, error is…