ALLEN v. MORRIS BUILDING CO.

Docket No. 55, Calendar No. 47,692.

360 Mich. 214 (1960)

103 N.W.2d 491

ALLEN v. MORRIS BUILDING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foster, Meadows & Ballard (Raymond A. Ballard and John L. Foster, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Dworkin & Friedman (Max Chomsky, of counsel), for defendants.


DETHMERS, C.J.

In 1945 the plaintiffs purchased a home, built, in 1940, in a flat area. It had no neighboring houses. Its front yard sloped 7 inches from house to street. No difficulty with surface waters was experienced on the premises at that time.

In 1954 defendants started developing the area around it, grading lots extending for some distance on either side of plaintiffs' property. They caused the lots north...

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