Supreme Court of North Carolina September 5, 1897 (Culbreth v. . Downing)

Faircloth, C. J.:

This action was instituted to recover damages for ponding water on plaintiff's land by reason of obstruction in a ditch running through defendant’s land, which ditch had for a long time carried off such water. It was-admitted that the obstructions were in the ditch in March, 1892. On March 8, 1895, the Legislature enacted Act 1895, Chapter 165, that

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