Wilber Development Corp. v. Les Rowland Constr., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• \Surface waters may not be artificially collected and discharged upon adjoining lands in quantities greater than or in a manner different from the natural flow thereof.\
• “Surface waters may not be artificially collected and discharged upon adjoining lands in quantities greater than or in a manner different from the natural flow thereof.”
• surface water discharged onto downhill property by five ditches or pipes
• “[T]he mere fact that the amount of water reaching the plaintiffs land, by reason of the development of the platted lands, might be greater than it formerly was, would not entitle it to compensation for any resulting damage.”
• “The allegation that the manner in which the water is deposited upon the plaintiff’s land affects the ability to drain that land, may be difficult to prove .. . but it is a material question at issue in the case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).