Ridgeway Court, Inc. v. Landon Courts, Inc.

O’KICKI, Judge:

This appeal arises from a judgment assessed by the Chancellor in equity in the amount of $15,000.00 upon Landon Courts, Inc. for alteration of the natural course of surface drainage waters.

The Plaintiff is the owner of a tract of land in the Borough of Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The developed portion of that tract consists of an apartment complex. The Appellant, Landon Courts, Inc., owns adjacent lands which are higher in elevation than the Plaintiff’s property. Prior to the development of the Landon land, water flowed across the Landon property onto the lower rear…