Robinson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

This is a suit under the- statute, section 9953, Revised Statutes 1919, for damages, sustained to crops caused by the overflow of plaintiff’s land in Grundy county, Missouri. There was a verdict in the sum, of $414 in favor of plaintiff and defendant has appealed.

The facts show that plaintiff’s land consisted of forty-six acres in the Grand River bottom, the land being situated about three and a half miles south of Trenton. Grand-River follows a tortuous course near and aimind plaintiff’s land. Starting from a point a fourth to a half of a mile north of plaintiff’s land, it flows first in a…