Hankins v. Borland

Opinion by

William L. Gobin. *

We refer to the plaintiff and defendant in error either by name or as defendant and plaintiff as they appeared in the trial court.

Maude E. Borland sued twenty-four defendants in the trial court to enjoin them from increasing the volume of water allowed to flow from their respective farm lands onto her lands. She claimed the volume was in excess of that which previously flowed thereon by virtue of an agreement between her and certain predecessors in title of some of the defendants. Mrs. Borland asked that the defendants be restrained from discharging any water…