LeVan v. Hedlund Plumbing & Heating

Plaintiff sued for damages alleging that defendants, adjoining landowners, have by earth fill caused the level of their land to be raised to a point where it will no longer accept surface waters flowing in.their natural course from plaintiff’s land onto defendants’ land, with the result that the waters have accumulated on plaintiff’s land damaging the basement of plaintiff’s building and the machinery therein. Plaintiff also claims he is entitled to $5,600 for loss of profits due to the necessity of cancelling jobs for which he had already had work orders.

Defendants admit filling their land,…