Dodson v. Dawson County Irrigation Co.

Nebraska Supreme Court

Dodson v. Dawson County Irrigation Co.

165 N.W. 1076, 102 Neb. 15, 1917 Neb. LEXIS 19

CourtNebraska Supreme Court

DecidedDecember 15, 1917

DocketNo. 19824

StatusPublished

This text of 165 N.W. 1076 (Dodson v. Dawson County Irrigation Co.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Nebraska Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Dodson v. Dawson County Irrigation Co., 165 N.W. 1076, 102 Neb. 15, 1917 Neb. LEXIS 19 (Neb. 1917).

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Opinion

Letton, J.

Action for damages caused by the damming of a natural drainage way and the consequent hacking of water over a field of oats belonging to plaintiff. The defense is that the rain- was unprecedented and amounted to an act of God which defendant was not required to anticipate. The evidence is somewhat conflicting, but the preponderance is with the plaintiff.

Complaint is made of one of the instructions, but there is nothing contained in it that is prejudicial to defendant. The damages are not excessive. The judgment of the district court is

Affirmed.

Sedgwick, J., not sitting.

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Letton, J.

Action for damages caused by the damming of a natural drainage way and the consequent hacking of water over a field of oats belonging to plaintiff. The defense is that the rain- was unprecedented and amounted to an act of God which defendant was not required to anticipate. The evidence is somewhat conflicting, but the preponderance is with the plaintiff.

Complaint is made of one of the instructions, but there is nothing contained in it that is prejudicial to defendant. The damages are not excessive. The judgment of the district court is

Affirmed.

Sedgwick, J., not sitting.

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165 N.W. 1076, 102 Neb. 15, 1917 Neb. LEXIS 19, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/dodson-v-dawson-county-irrigation-co-neb-1917.