Roberts v. Hocker

SHANGLER, Judge.

The appeal comes from a judgment adverse to a petition for damages and mandatory injunction on a claim that the defend ants unreasonably diverted surface water onto the land of the plaintiffs.

The contentions are as to contiguous tracts on a strip of land situated between Highway 40 to the north and 1-70 to the south. The upper one-third of the land lies within the limits of Independence and the remainder two-thirds, within Kansas City. The land sited in Independence fronts on Highway 40 and is used for commercial purposes. The land sited in Kansas City fronts 1-70 and is used…