Kearney Canal & Water Supply Co. v. Akeyson

Ragan, C.

Olaff Akeyson brought this suit in the district court of Buffalo county against the Kearney Canal & Water Supply Company (hereinafter called the “Canal Company”). The Canal Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the state, and had constructed, owns, and at the time of the occurrence of the events of which this suit arose was operating, a canal from the Platte river to the city of Kearney. The canal tapped the Platte river some twelve miles west and southwest of the city of Kearney, and thence passed along in a northeasterly .direction, leaving the lands of Akeyson about…