Dugger v. Kelly
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from "Webster District Court. — Hon. R. M. Wright, Judge. Action at law upon an alleged contract whereby defendant undertook to pay part of the expense of constructing an outlet for drainage of land. The material facts are stated in the petition. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
Plaintiff and wife own the south half of the south half of a certain section of land in Webster county and defendant owns the north half of the same half-section. Prior to the time of the alleged contract in suit the two tracts of land had been to some extent drained by a joint or common system of tiling which had been constructed by the mutual agreement and at the mutual expense of the owners who were grantors of the parties to this suit. In this system were about 2,500 rods of drain of which 1,000 rods were upon the north tract and 1,500 rods on the south tract. The entire drainage was…
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