DRAINAGE DIST. NO. 1 v. RUDE

No. 7732.

21 F.2d 257 (1927)

DRAINAGE DIST. NO. 1 OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEB., et al. v. RUDE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

August 13, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. L. Baskins and J. G. Beeler, both of North Platte, Neb. (M. E. Crosby, of North Platte, Neb., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Clarence M. Hanson, of Ft. Dodge, Iowa (Dwight G. Rider, of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, and Matthew A. Hall, Raymond G. Young, and Harvey M. Johnsen, all of Omaha, Neb., on the brief), for defendants in error.

Before KENYON, Circuit Judge, and MOLYNEAUX and JOHN B. SANBORN, District Judges.


JOHN B. SANBORN, District Judge.

In this opinion, the defendants in error will be called plaintiffs, and the plaintiffs in error defendants, as in the court below. The facts out of which this controversy arose are these: The defendant drainage district, which comprises some 9,500 acres, desired to construct a system of drains to reduce the ground water level and thus prevent the accumulation of alkali near the surface of the lands. It employed an engineer, Mr. Kelly...

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