Blackburn v. Gaydou

This is an action for damages for permanent injury to plaintiffs’ land and for the destruction of crops caused by overflow waters. The cause was tried before a jury and judgment rendered for plaintiffs in the sum of $1500.00, from which judgment defendant appealed.

Plaintiffs’ petition alleged that they and the defendant owned adjoining farms in Lawrence County, Missouri; that a certain stream of water, known as Center Creek, flows along the north side of both the defendant’s and plaintiffs’ land, in a westerly direction; that the natural course and flow of the surface water on both the…