Benda v. State

The claim of plaintiffs consists of six items aggregating $23,100 for the loss of registered Holstein and Hereford cattle which perished for want of water in a pasture in Polk county between July 22,1919, and July 27,1919. The supply of water for cattle in the pasture was negligently shut off by Fred H. Richards and Jesse M. Moore, members of a surveying party employed by the state of Nebraska under the direction of Vance W. Marquis, an engineer engaged in making a survey for a public highway. The claim was presented to the legislature for allowance. No appropriation to pay it was made, but…