City of Waterloo v. Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blaclchawh District Court. — Hon. Charles E. Ransier, Judge. Action in equity to restrain defendant from interfering with or obstructing the passage of water in an alleged stream or natural water course. There was a decree as prayed, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The Cedar River approaches the city of Waterloo from the northwest. As it nears the city boundary, the main channel sweeps around a bend tó the eastward, while a lesser channel, known in the record as the “cut-off,” flows across the neck of the bend and reunites with the larger stream within the city limits. The defendant’s line of railway emerges from the business portion of the city, and extends in a northwesterly direction crossing the cut-off above mentioned. At the time when the road was constructed, this point of crossing was outside of the city limits, but, since that date, the…
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