Hofeldt v. Elkhorn Valley Drainage District

This action was brought by Fred Hofeldt, hereinafter designated plaintiff, against the Ekhorn Valley Drainage District, hereinafter called defendant, to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by plaintiff by reason of the construction of a dike by defendant along the bank of the Platte river which caused a deflection of the current of the river over and against, the plaintiff’s land, causing the loss of several acres by erosion and damaging his meadow and growing alfalfa by overflowing the same. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $898.75.…