City of Water Valley v. Poteete

Appellees are the owners of residence lots abutting on Eckford Street in appellant city. About four years prior to the institution of this suit, appellees had constructed a valuable residence on said lots, the location being such 'that the foundation of the residence was situated above the level of the grade of Eckford Street as then estab- listed, and was wholly free from damage or danger of damage by surface waters from said street. Three years later, according to the allegations of the hill, the city so changed the grades of said street as to cast large quantities of rain water npon…