Leidlein v. Meyer

Plaintiff and defendant are the owners of adjoining farms, which they purchased in 1853. They are separated by a highway running east and west, known as the “Vassar Plank Road,” plaintiff’s lands being south, and defendant’s north, of this highway. The land over which the controversy arises is low and flat, but the plaintiff’s land is a little higher than that of the defendant. This highway was constructed at a very early day, and at this point was what was known as a “log road,” composed of logs placed close together. Plaintiff charges the defendant with having constructed a dam along the…