SMITH, Justice.
The history of the situation culminating in this suit commences in 1915. In that year the Jasper County Board of Supervisors, acting as drainage commissioners, straightened the channel of the South Skunk River in the vicinity of the land now owned by these parties. They constructed the "Skunk River ditch" and established Drainage District No. 5 from Colfax down to the south line of the county.
Defendants own the southeast quarter of section...
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