Dischner v. Loup River Public Power District

This is an action at law by Rose Dischner, owner of a 200-acre fárm abutting on the Loup River, against the Loup River Public Power District for damages and depreciation in the value of her farm. Plaintiff charged the defendant with the diversion, during the growing season, of most of the water from the Loup River opposite her farm, by taking out the water and running it through a large canal, and also by the construction of a drainage ditch down to gravel just west of her farm, which, interfered with and greatly lessened the flow of ground water toward plaintiff’s land, which acts resulted…