Bloomquist v. Sanders

Action by owner of land abutting a meandered lake to enjoin the construction of a public drainage ditch, because, as planned, it will lower the lake. The court found that it would not substantially affect the water level of the lake, and denied the injunction. Plaintiff appeals.

Lewis Lake, in Kanabec county, is a meandered lake of a size and condition to serve the public in various ways, and hence entitled to have its present water level preserved and safeguarded. Some 120 rods northeast from the lake a ditch in a duly-established drainage system is to cut the brook which is the natural…