Loughman v. Couchman

In 1912 Loren Johnston who then owned the farm now owned by defendants sold a parcel thereof, 200 feet east and west by 160 feet north and south, to Fred Loughman, plaintiff’s deceased husband. The farm abuts the Loughman tract on the north, west and south. On the east is a north-and-south highway between the farm and the village of Sewal. Loughman bought the ground as a site for a home which he built in 1912 on the south half thereof and occupied until his death in April 1948. Plaintiff continued to occupy the property as owner.

Sewage from the septic tank near the Loughman house has always…