OAK LEAF COUNTRY CLUB, INC. v. WILSON

No. 2-58405.

257 N.W.2d 739 (1977)

OAK LEAF COUNTRY CLUB, INC., and Reinbeck Farms, Inc., Appellants, v. Harold K. WILSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rickert & Thompson, Reinbeck, for appellants.

John B. Grier and Michael J. Moon, of Cartwright, Druker & Rigden, Marshalltown, for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and MASON, REES, UHLENHOPP, and HARRIS, JJ.


MOORE, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal trial court judgment entered on ruling sustaining defendant's motion for directed verdict made at close of plaintiffs' evidence in water damage action arising subsequent to straightening of meandering stream. We reverse and remand.

The factual background of this appeal is as follows. Black Hawk Creek is a meandering stream which flows through defendant's property and then passes eastwardly through both plaintiff Oak...

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