Whipple v. Nelson

This case presents the question: Was the plaintiff in error guilty of contempt of court?

The defendant in error will hereinafter be called the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error will hereinafter be called the defendant.

Plaintiff and defendant are adjoining landowners along Medicine creek in Frontier county, Nebraska, the plaintiff’s land being east and below the land of the defendant. At one time Medicine creek made a “U” turn on the land here involved. Some years ago a ditch was cut across the top of the “U” which shortened the channel and permitted the farming of land which had formerly…