US EditionProperty owners’ right to control drainage ends at property’s edge, Iowa Supreme Court holds
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Property owners’ right to control drainage ends at property’s edge, Iowa Supreme Court holds - Nyemaster Goode On Brief
“Since the founding of this state, this court has recognized the general rule that surface water ‘is a common enemy which each landowner may reasonably get rid of in the best manner possible; but in relieving himself he must respect the rights of his neighbor.’” — Iowa Supreme Court, quoting from the Court’s 1866 decision in Livingston v. McDonald. Owners of farmland whose surface water flows naturally onto neighboring properties have no con…
Property owners’ right to control drainage ends at property’s edge, Iowa Supreme Court holds
“Since the founding of this state, this court has recognized the general rule that surface water ‘is a common enemy which each landowner may reasonably get rid of in the best manner possible; but in relieving himself he must respect the rights of his neighbor.’” — Iowa Supreme Court, quoting from the Court’s 1866 decision in Livingston v. McDonald. Owners of farmland whose surface water flows naturally onto neighboring properties have no con…
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