County on Nassau v. Cherry Valley Estates, Inc.

Plaintiff town constructed a drainage system which collected surface waters in an area north of the property of the corporate defendant and channeled it into a watercourse whose source was on that defendant’s property. There was proof that this construction did not increase the flow of surface water on to that property over the volume of water which would have flowed naturally thereon due to the topography of the area. The corporate defendant, acting through the individual defendant (its vice-president), filled in the watercourse and the obstruction caused a stagnant pool of water which is…