Lahti v. Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway Co.

Two actions tried together, one against the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway Company, the other against James C. Davis, Agent designated by the President under the Transportation Act, to recover damages for the flooding of the farm of the plaintiff. In each case there was a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal from the alternative order denying their motion for judgment or a new trial.

The ¡plaintiff is the owner of the SW-J of the NWj of 4-54-20, in St. Louis county. Sand creek, a branch of the St. Louis river, runs through it. Alborn is a station on the main line of the…