Legal Opinion
Wear v. Buffalo-Red River Watershed District
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided February 13, 2001No. C0-00-908PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
G. BARRY ANDERSON, Judge.
Appellant property owners contend that respondent watershed district negligently improved a ditch where, after heavy rainfall, the ditch overflowed, causing property damage. Because the watershed district did not breach its duty by improving the ditch to withstand a ten-year event, we affirm.
FACTS
On May 17, 1996, over four inches of rain fell in the Buffalo Red River Watershed District in Clay County, Minnesota. As a result of the heavy rainfall, water ran over the west bank of Clay County Ditch No. 2 causing damage to nearby property owned by appellants Steve…
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- Hansen v. City of Saint PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
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