Merrill v. Harang

OTT, Judge.

On April 15, 1940, plaintiff and defendant entered into an agreement whereby the former agreed to construct for the latter a levee and dam on his premises for an agreed price of $1,200. The work consisted of raising an old levee for some 550 feet by placing a quantity of dirt thereon to an elevation of three feet above the bottom of a designated spillway, to create and maintain a slope of one foot on three feet on one side of the levee and a slope of one foot on two feet on the other side, and to maintain a width of 15 feet on top; to add a fill of 2% feet on a washed out portion…