Oak Leaf Country Club, Inc. v. Wilson

MOORE, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal trial court judgment entered on ruling sustaining defendant’s motion for directed verdict made at close of plaintiffs’ evidence in water damage action arising subsequent to straightening of meandering stream. We reverse and remand.

The factual background of this appeal is as follows. Black Hawk Creek is a meandering stream which flows through defendant’s property and then passes eastwardly through both plaintiff Oak Leaf Country Club’s and plaintiff Reinbeck Farms’ properties in Grundy County, Iowa. Because of the topography of the area and heavy seasonal…