Dryden v. Peru Bottom Drainage District

The plaintiff leased a farm in Otoe county from one Mulhall for the year 1912, and took possession and farmed the land for that season. He brought this action in the district court for Otoe county against the defendant drainage district to recover damages caused by the defendant? s negligence, as he alleged, in the construction of their drainage ditch, whereby the water was negligently allowed to overflow the land and damage the plaintiff’s corn and his interest in the land for that season under the lease. He recovered a judgment, and the defendant has appealed. •

The defendant insists that…