Omaha & North Platte Railroad v. Sarpy County

Calkins, C.

This was an action brought to enjoin proceedings under the drainage act of 1881. From a point north of its confluence with the Elkhorn, the Platte river runs in a southerly direction,1 forming the western boundary of Sarpy county. • Between the river on the west and the bluffs on the east is a low-lying, swampy tract of bottom land, from one and a half to two and a half miles wide, which is subject to inundation from the overflow of both the Elkhorn and the Platte, as well as surface waters from the bluffs. Instead of descending from the bluffs to the river, this bottom slopes…