Philips v. Taylor
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Philips v. Taylor
Opinion of the Court
Action to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the construction of a gutter and culvert upon the premises of defendant, causing, as alleged in the complaint, the water from the roof of his building to flow upon plaintiff’s premises.
The trial court found that, some time prior to the date complained of, defendant had constructed a large warehouse on the premises owned by him, and caused a drain pipe to be attached to the building, leading from the roof thereof to the spur track of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company, which is located between the property of defendant and that of plaintiff, and that he caused a four-inch wooden culvert to be constructed under the tracks of said railway company, connecting the same with the drain leading from the roof of his building, by reason of which the water, as it collected upon the roof of defendant’s building, flowed upon plaintiff’s premises. The court further found that, in the
Several assignments of error are presented by appellant, which are, for the most part, directed to the claim that the findings of the trial court are not sustained by the evidence. We find no reversible error in any of the rulings of the court on the admission or exclusion of evidence ; the only question for review is whether the findings of the trial court are sustained by the evidence.
There is no controversy as to the legal rights of parties under circumstances like those here disclosed. The rule is clearly laid down in Cooley, Torts (2d Ed.) 681, to the effect that every person has the clear legal right to protect his premises against the fall of rain or snow, even though incidental injury may result to his neighbor; and the limitation upon his right to do so is to be found only in the duty which every proprietor of lands owes to those about him to so uSe his own as not unreasonably to restrict the enjoyment by others of corresponding rights. The rule requires him to exercise due care to protect his neighbor, but it does not require that he shall, under all circumstances and events, protect him; and any injury that may result, notwithstanding the observance of proper precaution, must be deemed incidental to the ownership of the property, and gives rise to no cause of action. If he puts proper eaves, troughs and gutters upon his building for leading off the water upon his own ground, and keeps them in proper order, and is guilty of no negligence in this respect, an adjoining proprietor can
The findings of the trial court are sustained by the evidence, and the order appealed from is affitmed.
Order affirmed.
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- MILES PHILIPS v. GEORGE D. TAYLOR
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