Legal Opinion
Hardin County Drainage District 55, Division 3, Lateral 10 v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 1, 2013No. 11–1637PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZAGER, Justice.
In this appeal, we must determine under Iowa’s laws relating to drainage districts, who is responsible for the costs to repair and improve old underground drainage tiles which run under a railroad roadbed. Hardin County Drainage District 55 (Hardin County) argues that the Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union Pacific) should be responsible for repair of a subterranean drainage tile found under its roadbed, as railroads are statutorily required to pay for the construction and maintenance of culverts and bridges occurring at natural waterways on the railroad’s right-of-way. Union…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Gregory v. Second Injury Fund of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 2010
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