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MILLHOUSE v. DRAINAGE DIST. NO. 48 OF DUNKLIN COUNTY

No. 7577.

304 S.W.2d 54 (1957)

J. B. MILLHOUSE, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 48 OF DUNKLIN COUNTY, Missouri, and S. J. Cohen Construction Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Springfield Court of Appeals. Missouri.

June 13, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones & Jones, Ford & Ford, Kennett, for appellants.

Bradley & Noble, Kennett, Ward & Reeves, Caruthersville, for respondent.

RUARK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict for the value of a cotton crop destroyed by a construction company while acting as agent for a drainage district in the building of a levee.

The petition alleges that at the beginning of 1952 plaintiff was a tenant of the owners of the land under an agreement to pay one-fourth crop rental. On January 12, 1952, the drainage district filed in the circuit court its petition to condemn...

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