Morse v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Franklin county: Ed L. Adams,-Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Calkins, C.
The railroad hereinafter mentioned was built by the Republican Valley Railroad Company in 1880, sold to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company in 1884, and leased to the defendant in 1901. Near Bloomington, in Franklin county, the road was constructed east and west at the foot of the bluffs and in the valley on the north side of the Republican river. At and near the Bloomington station the railroad crossed a “draw,” running in a southerly direction, and its embankment intercepted the natural course or flow of water collected by such draw in times of rainfall. A ditch had…
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