Stewart v. Bridges

Hill, Presiding Justice.

The defendant, Stewart, appeals from a permanent injunction against his use, for irrigation, of the waters of a lake abutting his property. The trial court imposed the injunction following a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs, about half of the neighboring landowners whose property also abuts the lake (referred to as “the neighbors”). Stewart is seeking a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or new trial.

Two men purchased a 400-acre tract in an agricultural area in southeastern Screven County on which they proposed to build a 112-acre lake. They had the property…