Wood v. Farwell Irrigation District

This case involves the question of whether owners of property allegedly damaged by seepage from an irrigation works may recover for such damages from the operators of the irrigation works, or may only recover, if at all, from the holders of the title to the irrigation works. The trial court concluded that such a suit could not be maintained, and the court dismissed the suit. We believe that the trial court was in error, and for that reason we reverse and remand.

The appellants, Robert Dean Wood and Gertrude Wood, alleged in a petition filed in the district court for Howard County, Nebraska,…