Hardt v. Short-Line Irrigation District

This action was instituted by the plaintiffs in an action to enjoin the defendants’ operation of the Nine Mile Drain and an obstruction at the mouth thereof which diverts water into the Short-Line supply canal, and to recover damages. This operation, plaintiffs claim, has waterlogged and thereby damaged their field adjoining this drain.

The District Court for Scotts Bluff County initially dismissed the individuals named as defendants and no appeal was taken from that dismissal. The District Court went on to find that plaintiffs failed to show that the damage sustained by plaintiffs, if any,…