Tennigkeit v. Ferguson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Audubon District Court. — E. B. Woodeuef, Judge. Aotion for damages caused by the casting of water on plaintiff’s land, which defendants deny. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, on motion of defendants, the court directed a verdict in favor of defendants, on which judgment was rendered, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtArthur, J.
Defendant Ferguson owns the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 24, Township 80, Range 35, in Audubon County. Defendant Herndon owns the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the same section. Plaintiff owns the 80 acres adjoining these two 40’s on the west, being the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 24, and other land lying west of this 80. The Nishnabotna River runs through other land of plaintiff’s, from north to south, a little west of the *842west line of plaintiff’s 80 above described. The slope and drainage of defendants’ lands and of plaintiff’s 80…
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