DITCH v. HESS

No. 63378.

292 N.W.2d 397 (1980)

Mary DITCH, Larry Ditch and Leonard Ditch, Appellants, v. Charles E. HESS and Maude K. Hess, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy P. Booth, Jr., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

James A. Piersall, Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP, ALLBEE and LARSON, JJ.


LeGRAND, Justice.

The sole issue on this appeal concerns the correct measure of damages. The case was here once before, and all other issues were either settled then or are not challenged now. See Ditch v. Hess, 212 N.W.2d 442 (Iowa 1973).

Plaintiffs' petition claims damages for the years 1970 through 1975. Their land was flooded when defendants removed certain concrete wing dams and committed other acts which diverted...

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