Lowden v. Bosler

This action was commenced by the plaintiff, Ben Bosler, in the district court of Canadian county, to recover damages caused to land, crops, and other property of plaintiff by reason of the construction of certain jetties by the defendant railway company in the South Canadian river below plaintiff’s land which plaintiff alleged changed the flow of the river, causing it to wash away and destroy 19 acres of land owned by the plaintiff, and certain crops which were growing upon land inundated by the overflow of the river. It is also alleged that the floods washed away fences, and came within 125…