M.H. Siegfried Real Estate v. City of Independence

BLACKMAR, Judge.

This action involves the accumulation of surface water on land owned by the plaintiff corporation at the northeast corner of Truman Road, running east and west, and Turner Street, running north and south, in the City of Independence. The record contains only the testimony of Cedric Siegfried, a lawyer and president of the plaintiff corporation, and exhibits authenticated by him. Since the trial court sustained the defendant’s motion to dismiss at the close of the plaintiff’s case, we state the facts on the basis that the plaintiff’s evidence is true.

The evidence does not show…