Meister v. Krotter

This is an appeal from the district court for Hayes county wherein a jury returned a verdict in the sum of $4,000 in favor of the plaintiffs for damages resulting to their land from an overflow alleged to have been caused by the erection of a dam by defendants. The court required a remittitur of- $1,000 which was filed. The defendants have appealed. -

The pleadings of the parties admit the ownership of the land in question in the respective parties, and the erection of the dam by the defendants. Plaintiffs’ petition alleges, in substance, damages to the land caused by the erection of the dam…