Rieck v. Schamanski

Action in tbe district court for Steele county to recover $1,000 damages to plaintiff’s land caused by the construction of a ditch upon defendant’s land and the consequent overflow of surface water upon plaintiff’s land. The case was tried before Buckham, J., who made findings of fact and as conclusion of law found that defendant was not entitled to relieve his land from the surface water naturally accumulating thereon by causing the same to flow upon and damage the land of plaintiff, or to turn the waters out of their natural course across the divide separating the land of the parties, even…