Tilden v. Smith

The appellants filed their bill in the court below to enjoin the appellee from lowering the waters of Lake Johns, one of the smaller lakes located in the lake region of Central Florida, which, owing to very heavy rainfall, had overflowed his property, and the property of some of his neighbors, causing destruction of citrus groves, the submerging of appellee’s golf course, the killing of pine and other trees of natural growth, and other property damage.

The bill alleges that the appellants are all owners of property abutting on Lake Johns, which is of greater area than two square miles and not…