Reusegger v. Chicago Great Western Railroad

This is an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff as tbe result of obstruction of a water channel by defendant railroad company. Tbe cause was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in tbe sum of $1,000. After unavailing motions for a new tidal and in arrest of judgment, defendant appeals.

Tbe petition alleges, ini substance, that plaintiff is tbe owner of certain farm land in Bucbanan County, Missouri; that a running stream known as “Blacksnake Creek” in its natural water course, flowed through a portion of said land; that defendant,…