Harris v. Lincoln & Northwestern Railway Co.

Action for damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiffs, by reason of the construction of that part of defendants’ railroad near the city of Lincoln, known as the “Denton cut-off,” which, it is alleged, caused the waters of Middle creek to flow over, across and upon the plaintiffs’ land, destroying the crops "growing thereon, and permanently injuring the land itself.

It was alleged in the plaintiffs’ petition that the defendants in constructing their line of railroad established and made dikes and dams, and negligently, carelessly and recklessly filled and dammed up the natural…