Vanderburgh County Drainage Board v. Clouse

LOWDERMILK, Presiding Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-appellant The Vanderburgh County Drainage Board appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs-appellees Richard A. Clouse and Jo Ellen Clouse in their suit for damages for the negligent damage of a private bridge and appurtenant structures located on a legal drain.

We affirm.

FACTS

In September, 1969, Richard A. Clouse and Jo Ellen Clouse, husband and wife, procured the construction of a private bridge over a drainage ditch or “legal drain,” known as the Crawford-Brandeis Extension, on their land in Evansville, Indiana. There is no…