Opinion ID: 2384680
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Recreation Club

Text: Appellants also contest the dismissal of their negligence, nuisance, and breach of covenant claims against Carroll County Recreation Club. The club's liability is predicated on the following covenant found within a 1958 deed: Grantee shall construct or maintain sufficient levees necessary to prevent water from escaping from the lands herein conveyed on to the lands adjacent thereto on the east, and Grantee shall provide necessary outlets through said levees, with flood gates installed thereon, to provide drainage of the lands located to the east of the premises hereby conveyed through said levee and to allow the uninterrupted flow of water through said levees from the south. Appellants contend that this provision requires the club to prevent water from escaping to adjacent lands to the east. But the covenant by its own terms applies only to waters escaping from the lands herein conveyed. Appellants admit that the floodwaters passed through the club's land and continued east to their lands. This water did not originate in the club's lake, but in Wakenda Creek. The language cited cannot reasonably be construed to oblige the club to hold back the creek's overflows. Summary judgment was properly granted to the club. [20]