Robinson v. C., R.I. P.R.R. Co.

* Corpus Juris-Cyc References: Appeal and Error, 3CJ, p. 976, n. 27; 4CJ, p. 1141, n. 86; section 3150, p. 1145, n. 18; Damages, 17CJ, section 365, p. 1065, n. 7, 8; Railroads, 33Cyc, p. 358, n. 18; p. 373, n. 83. This is a suit under the statute, section 9953, Revised Statutes 1919, for damages sustained to crops caused by the overflow of plaintiff's land in Grundy county, Missouri. There was a verdict in the sum of $414 in favor of plaintiff and defendant has appealed.

The facts show that plaintiff's land consisted of forty-six acres in the Grand River bottom, the land being situated about…