Bruntmeyer v. Squaw Creek Drainage District No. 1
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Holt Circuit Court.— Hon. Wm. G. Ellison, ' Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtTrimble, J.
The defendant is a Drainage District, organized in the year 1906, pursuant to sections 8251 et seq. of article 3, chapter 122, Eevised Statutes 1899, as reenacted by the statute of April 8, 1905, Laws 1905, page 190. (With certain subsequent amendments made thereto, said laws now appear in the Eevision of 1909 as section 5496 et seq.) Plaintiff, as the owner of a farm outside of said' district, brought this suit in March, 1907, to recover damages for loss .of his crop caused by an overflow of water thereon brought about by the system of dikes, ditches and drains constructed by said district…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Elmore v. Drainage CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Bradbury v. Vandalia Levee & Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Mound City Land & Stock Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
- Squaw Creek Drainage District v. TurneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- Reno v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
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