Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Henry

Three separate suits were filed in the Drew Circuit Court by tenants of certain lands in Desha County against petitioner, to recover damages caused by the flooding of said lands. It was alleged in each case that petitioner had built a temporary dam across a drainage ditch adjacent to said lands, some time prior to May 17, 1931, for its convenience in repairing a culvert under its tracks through which said ditch drained; and that on or about said date a general rain fell in that vicinity, filling said ditch and causing it to overflow onto their lands; that cotton seed had been planted in…