HILL v. McDUFFIE

No. H-106.

196 So.2d 790 (1967)

L.P. HILL, and His Wife, Virginia Hill, Appellants, v. W.C. McDUFFIE et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blitch, Howell & Danese, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Brannon, Brown, Norris & Vocelle, Lake City, for appellees.


JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree in favor of the appellees-plaintiffs.

The sole question is whether defendants-appellants have the right to dike around their pasture and maintain a dry well to keep the pasture drained in times of heavy rainfall and flash floods.

The Hill's farm is located on the east side of Alligator Lake in Columbia County. The 1963 U.S. Geological Survey maps show a large marsh or swamp area adjoining the lake...

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