Terry Dunker v. George Reichman

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant George Reichman appeals from the judgment of the district court in favor of the plaintiff-appellee Terry Dunker of a $45,000 damage award for breach of an oral agreement. We affirm.

I

In the 1930’s, the United States Corps of Engineers constructed dams on the Mississippi River for navigational purposes. At the time these dams were constructed, levees were in place along the Mississippi to protect adjoining farmlands from flooding. After the dams were completed, the level of the Mississippi was raised, thus forcing water into and under the levee since…