Crommelin v. Fain

John Murrell, Lula Fain and Beulah Fain held as tenants in common title to approximately eighty acres of land in Elmore County, Alabama. Lula and Beulah Fain each owned a one-quarter undivided interest, and Murrell owned the remaining one-half undivided interest in the property. A spring-fed stream originates on and crosses through a portion of this property and, like at least six other streams in the area, empties into swimming pools and fishing ponds constructed and owned by an abutting landowner John G. Crommelin, Jr. These pools are operated by the Crommelin family as a commercial…