Williamson v. Rainwater

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

The appellant, Mrs. Willie B. Williamson, filed this suit alleging that she owns lands in Section 5, Township 15 North, Range 1 East, in Lawrence County; that appellee, R. S. Rainwater, owns adjoining lands in Section 4; that Rainwater intended to dig a drainage ditch on appellant’s property and asked that he be enjoined. The Chancellor held that appellant failed to meet the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the ditch, when dug, would be on her property. The complaint was, therefore, dismissed.

In his answer, appellee alleged, among other…