Johnson v. Inter-River Drainage District

This is a suit by the owners of a lot situated in the eastern part of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to recover damages against the defendant on account of its alleged construction of a levee and borrow-pit which it is charged in the petition diverted the waters of a water way thereby causing plaintiff’s land to be overflowed. A judgment for $1500 was recovered in the trial court and defendant brings its appeal to this court.

The same act of defendant was brought before this court in the case of Schalk v. Inter-River Drainage District, 226 S. W. 277, and Lee v. Inter-River Drainage District, 226 S.…