Thompson v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Samson District Ccnvrt. — Thomas Arthur, Judge. Action for damages consequent on the overflow of plaintiff’s land, alleged to have been caused by insufficient openings for the passage of water under defendant’s railway bridges, resulted in judgment against defendant, from which it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
I. The plaintiff’s farm, consisting of 138 acres, lies east of the Latta drainage ditch, excavated to carry off the waters of the Boyer River by a more direct course than it afforded. The railway of defendant extended through the farm in a northerly and southerly direction, leaving about 50 acres west of the right of way and the remainder east of it. This 50-acre tract is bottom land, as are 18 acres of that east of the track. The remaining 70 acres are what is known as hill land. Only 38 acres west of the right of way were in cultivation, and prior to May 13, 1913, this had been prepared to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- McMahon v. City of DubuqueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
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- Drake v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- Houghtaling v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1902
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