Cobinco v. Robinson

The plaintiffs are the owners of a farm through which a tile drain was constructed by the defendant while serving as drain commissioner of Van Burén county. The plaintiffs claim this drain was negligently constructed by the defendant in that the portion immediately above plaintiffs’ farm had a much greater fall than that crossing their land'; that there were sharp angles in the line of this drain; that the drain was not laid at a proper depth; and that a sufficient outlet was not provided. The plaintiffs assert that as a result of these defects the water has broken out of this tile drain with…