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BAUM v. COUNTY OF SCOTTS BLUFF

No. 34705.

101 N.W.2d 455 (1960)

169 Neb. 816

John BAUM, Appellee, v. COUNTY OF SCOTTS BLUFF, a Corporation and Gering-Fort Laramie Irrigation District, a Corporation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 26, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Kirwin, Wright, Simmons & Harris, Scottsbluff, for appellants.

Holtorf & Hansen, Charles F. Fitzke, Gering, for appellee.

Heard before CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, CHAPPELL, WENKE, and BOSLAUGH, JJ.

CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiff brought this action against the County of Scotts Bluff and the Gering-Fort Laramie Irrigation District to recover damages to growing crops and personal property in the amount of $6,422.42 alleged to have resulted from floodwaters caused by a structure jointly constructed by the defendants in the district's drainage ditch. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $3,853.45 and the defendants appealed.

Plaintiff was...

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