Jones v. Des Moines & Mississippi River Levee District No. 1

BRADY, Commissioner.

The appellants, plaintiffs in the trial court, brought this action seeking damages for the alleged flooding of their land by the respondent levee district, defendant in the trial court, and also praying for injunctive relief to prevent the defendant from allowing water to stand on their property. The trial court denied plaintiffs both damages and the injunctive relief sought and from that judgment they have prosecuted this appeal.

The defendant district is located in the northeast corner of Clark County and contains an area of approximately 12,000 acres. It was formed in…