Edwards v. Massett

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court denying a petition for the improvement of a watercourse known as Morgan Creek.

Petitioners are landowners whose property abuts Morgan Creek, a natural watercourse having its origin in Brown County and running about 5 miles in a generally northeasterly direction, primarily through Blue Earth County, to the Minnesota River. The creek has a very steep fall of feet and forms the outlet for numerous drainage ditches. It is claimed that it is of insufficient size and capacity to carry the water from all the ditches and as a…