Leiper v. Heywood-Hall Construction Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Plaintiffs brought a bill in equity to enjoin defendant from collecting surface water into an artificial channel and increasing greatly the volume thereof so that it was precipitated in greatly increased quantities upon plaintiffs’ land, causing substantial injury.

Defendant bought from the Houston Estate in 1950 56 acres of land, part of which adjoined plaintiffs’ property. Defendant erected a residential development thereon, known as “Plymouth Meeting Village”, consisting of 149 dwellings — four dwellings to an acre. Defendant installed no gutters, sewers,…