Grace v. Union Electric Co.

This is an action for damages to plaintiff’s crops and fences resulting from an overflow of his land alleged to have been caused by an obstruction of the Osage River by a dam owned and operated by the defendant. For clarity, we will refer to the parties as they* were in the triad court, plaintiff and defendant.

The trial to a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $750, from which defendant perfected its appeal. In substance the petition alleges that defendant maintained and operated a. dam across the Osage River'near Bagnell, Missouri; that the maintaining and.…