North Dakota v. Minnesota
Supreme Court of the United States
IN EQUITY. This was a suit brought originally in this Court by the State of North Dakota to enjoin the State of Minnesota from continuing to use a system of drainage ditches constructed by the latter State, and for money compensation for damage to North Dakota farmers caused by overflows of the Bois de Sioux River, attributed by- the plaintiff to the construction and operation of the ditches.
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IN EQUITY. This was a suit brought originally in this Court by the State of North Dakota to enjoin the State of Minnesota from continuing to use a system of drainage ditches constructed by the latter State, and for money compensation for damage to North Dakota farmers caused by overflows of the Bois de Sioux River, attributed by- the plaintiff to the construction and operation of the ditches. The plaintiff ■ also sought damages for destruction, of public roads, bridges, etc., caused by the overflows. See also 256 IT. S.. 220. In the following summaries of argument no attempt is made to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
This is a bill in equity exhibited by the State of North Dakota against the State of Minnesota. The bill avers' that the latter State has, by constructing cut-off ditches and straightening the Mustinka River, increased the speed and volume of its flow into. Lake Traverse,' and thereby raised the level of the Lake, causing its. outlet, the Bois de Sioux River, to overflow and greatly to injure a valuable farming area in North Dakota lying on the west bank of that stream. The damage to the complainant in destruction of roads and bridges is alleged to be $5,000, and the damage to owners of the…
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