Murphy v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe district court for Dakota county: Guy T. Graves, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtLetton, J.
This is an action to recover damages for the destruction of and injury to hay, grain and growing crops by flooding, alleged to have been caused by the negligent construction of defendant’s bridges and roadbed.
The petition; in substance, alleges that in the locality where the danfage was done Omaha creek ran northerly, then easterly, then southeasterly into the Missouri river; that the creek is subject to heavy floods; that its banks close to the channel on the west are higher than at a distance from the same; that the railroad crosses Omaha *74creek twice in the village of Homer, and that in the…
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- Town of Jefferson v. HicksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
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- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. EmmertNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
- Morse v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1908
- Miller v. Eastern Railway & Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1915
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