Haugen v. Humboldt-Kossuth Joint Drainage District No. 2

Bliss, J. —

A number of questions have been submitted to us for answer, and the respective contentions of the parties have been ably presented and discussed. Part of the work, consisting of cleaning out the siltage and obstructions in, and deepening and widening, the main ditch and two laterals emptying into it, was done under a written contract at so much a cubic yard, with a provision for per-hour compensation in the event that sand was found in large quantities. There were subsequent verbal agreements respecting the removal of sand which came into the ditches after they had been dredged,…