George W. Payne

George W. Payne and Hilda Kay Payne, his wife, filed suit in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County, Honorable Frank W. Alexander, presiding, against R. L. Touchstone and Mattie E. Barnett Touchstone, husband and wife, seeking (1) a mandatory injunction to enjoin the obstruction of the natural flow of water from the Paynes property onto the Touchstones property, and to require removal of a wall or barrier placed along the property line between the parties by the Touchstones, and (2) actual and punitive damages, and other relief. The chancellor sustained a motion to strike averments of the complainants bill relating to actual and punitive damages, denied all other relief sought in the bill of complaint, and dismissed same with prejudice at the cost of the Paynes.