Weldin Farms, Inc. v. Glassman

QUILLEN, Justice:

The appellant, Weldin Farms, Inc., a developer of residential property, has appealed a judgment of the Court of Chancery enjoining it from draining the surface waters from its development, situated upstream from the appellees’ property, into a stream known as Turkey Run which runs alongside and through their property, in any way which would increase the volume of its natural flow above what it had been before the development of the upstream property. With the laying of pavement, the amount of surface water which runs into Turkey Run off the ground, rather than being absorbed…