Kueffer v. Brown

CRANE, Presiding Judge.

This is a surface water case. Plaintiffs John and Mary Kueffer and defendants Michael and Glenna Brown own adjoining three acre residential lots in Jefferson County, Missouri. Plaintiffs are the upper landowners. After plaintiffs filed a trespass action against defendants, defendants counterclaimed, alleging plaintiffs damaged their property by discharging surface water thereon. Following a bench trial, the trial court entered judgment for plaintiffs on their petition and judgment for defendants on their counterclaim and awarded both parties damages. Plaintiffs appeal…