San Luis Dist. v. Noffsinger

DEFENDANT in error is hereinafter referred to as "Noffsinger," or "plaintiff"; and plaintiff in error as "the district," or "defendant."

Noffsinger, alleging that the district had, over his protest, constructed a drainage ditch across a quarter section of his land, and in so doing seized or destroyed $4,374 worth of his property, brought this action for that sum. On the trial he obtained a verdict for $2,000 and judgment was entered accordingly. To review that judgment this writ is prosecuted.

The district, a corporation, was organized and operated to irrigate arid land. In this work it…