City of Wichita Falls v. Sullivan

Appellees owned a block of land in.the city of Wichita Falls upon which they had several ¡houses, in one of which they lived, and rented the others. At the time they acquired the property, the streets in that section were ungraded.

About January, 1927, the city graded the streets in that section. No culverts or drainpipes were placed at the street intersections surrounding appellees’ property.

In consequence of the grading and failure to place culverts or drainpipes at the street intersections, the natural flow of the water was obstructed, the water concentrated and caused to back and stand on…