Mason v. Commissioners of Fulton County

Citations

• 80 Ohio St. (N.S.) 151

Syllabus

<p>Landowner draining own land — Not liable in damages — To ozvner of lower land, when — Nor assessable for improvements on lower land.,</p> <p>A landowner may, in the reasonable use oí his land, drain the surface water from it into its natural outlet, a watercourse, upon his own land, and thus increase the volume and accelerate the flow of water without incurring liability for damages to owners of lower lands; and his land is not subject to assessment for the cost of a ditch, or an improvement, that will not benefit its drainage but is constructed to prevent overflow from the watercourse or to benefit the drainage of servient lands.</p>