Watt v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sac District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. Action to enjoin defendant from maintaining a dam across Coon river, and for damag-es claimed to have been sustained by the plaintiff by tbe backing of water upon his land above the point where it is claimed the dam was erected and maintained. Judgment and decree for the defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
On the 22d day of May, 1911, the plaintiff filed the following petition:
Paragraph 1. That before and at the time of the committing of the injuries hereinafter complained of he was the owner and possessed of the certain farm and timber lands situated upon the Coon river, in Sac county, in this state, described as follows, to wit: Ten acres on the N. E. % of S. E. % section 14, township 88, range 36 West, and above the premises of the defendants hereinafter mentioned and described, and had the right to have the water flow from his said farm and timber lands and in the natural channel of said…
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