Arnold v. C. Hoffman & Son Milling Co.

This was an action by Arnold to recover damages resulting from the overflow of his land and the destruction of his crops alleged to have been *13caused by the joint action and wrong of the defendants.

After some preliminary motions and rulings Arnold filed an amended petition alleging that he owned land on the Smoky Hill river; that the defendants had illegally obstructed the flow of the water and threw it back on his farm; that the railway company, in building a bridge below his farm, constructed an embankment and placed about one hundred carloads of stone in the river, which operated to dam the…