Smith v. Charles Mix County

HANSON, Judge.

The trial of this action for damages to crops caused by flood waters resulted in a verdict for plaintiffs in the amount of $1,550. The defendant county appeals.

The plaintiff, George Smith, owns and the plaintiff, Lloyd Houska, rents on a share crop basis the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13 and the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 14, in Ree Township, Charles Mix County, South Dakota. A county highway running east and west abuts plaintiffs’ property on the north. The property on the north side of the highway is referred to in the evidence as the…