McAdams v. Davis

Appellee is the owner of a farm consisting of eighty acres. It lies immediately north of the right of way of appellant. The North Skunk River traverses the lands of appellee in a southerly direction, and passes under the tracks of appellant under a bridge and trestlework which are located immediately south of appellee’s lands. It is the contention of appellee that appellant placed large quantities of rock about the abutments of the bridge and adjacent to the trestle, and also closed a culvert that extended through the embankment at a point'a short distance east of the bridge, and thereby…