Watre v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Grant county to recover $1,000 for damage caused by the diversion of surface water from its natural watershed.
Read the full summary
Action in tbe district court for Grant county to recover $1,000 for damage caused by the diversion of surface water from its natural watershed. The answer alleged that in building its railway and in making excavations therefor defendant exercised all the care that was reasonable under the circumstances and that any embankments, grades, ditches or excavations that were made were only such as were necessary and, if any surface water escaped from its right of way upon the land of plaintiff, the same was caused not through any negligence •on its part, hut by reason of defendant’s lawful acts in…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
Action to recover damages for the destruction of growing crops in the years 1907 and 1908, claimed to have been caused by defendant’s unlawful diversion of and flooding by surface waters. Plaintiff had a verdict and defendant appealed from an order denying its alternative motión.
*120Plaintiff, in tbe years stated, owned tbe southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 3, in North Ottawa township, Grant county. H'is crops growing thereon were destroyed by surface water in June, 1907 and 1908. His land was quite level, sloping to the west, and that west of it was also level. Defendant’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sellick v. HallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1879
- Howard v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
3Cited by9 opinions
- Hallada v. Great Northern RailwaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- Pautz v. American Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- Hendrickson v. GrengsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- Frame v. HohrmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
- Willmar Gas Co. Inc. v. DuininckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.