Goetschius v. Lasich

THE HONORABLE GUY C. DERRY, District Judge, sitting in place of MR. JUSTICE BOTTOMLY,

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the fifth judicial district, in and for Madison County.

Hereafter, appellants will be referred to as defendants, and respondents as plaintiffs. Three of defendants are sued as individuals, but are county commissioners of Madison County. Two defendants are tenants on the County Farm under written lease. The other defendant is Madison County.

Plaintiffs’ action, based on allegations of the flooding of their land by defendants in the operation…