Legal Opinion
Smith v. Barfield
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 28, 1981No. 60729PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Judge.
Trespass. Leonard and Rose Marie Smith are the owners of property in DeKalb County. To the rear of their property lies the contiguous property of Barfield and Fortman. Serving, in effect as a boundary between the rear of the Smith’s lot and the rear of Barfield’s and Fortman’s lots, was a drainage ditch. The ditch began at the mouth of a culvert and followed the contour of the ditch. In the mid-1960’s Barfield built a wall at the rear of his property which apparently caused a slight deviation in the direction of flow of water. However, Smith testified that during the late…
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