Katskee v. City of Omaha

Button, District Judge.

Appellant was the owner of a 'building in Albright’s Annex in Omaha, Nebraska, and in the year 1917, and for several years prior, had conducted a general merchandise business therein. About 40 or 50 feet northeast of appellant’s property was a natural watercourse, known as Stock-Yards creek. To the south of appellant’s property, and some 40 or 50 feet from the rear of his building, was another creek. In 1916 the city of Omaha constructed a sewer which was intended to take care of the waters from the Stock-Yards creek, and the city removed a bridge over this creek, near…