White v. Wabash Railroad Co.

Plaintiffs brought this action to recover damages sustained because of an alleged diversion of surface waters by the defendant onto and over a farm owned by the plaintiffs. Trial 'before the court and a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs in the'sum of $500, .and defendant duly perfected its appeal to this court.

The petition alleges that plaintiffs are husband, and wife' and are the owners of a farm of 240 acres of -land in Randolph -County, Missouri; that about three year's prior to the bringing of this suit the defendant constructed a branch railroad from its main…