Harris v. Carson

This was an action on the case against appellants and Arthur Washburne, who were the commissioners of highways of the town of Laomi, for flooding appellee’s land by improperly grading a public road. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against appellants, and assessed the damages at $1.

They claim that the evidence failed to connect them with the work complained of in any such way as would make them liable.

The highway lies along the east side of appellee’s forty-acre tract, crossing a depression by which the surface water naturally flowed from it, and the work complained of was the raising of…