Supreme Court of Missouri May 19, 1903 (Cox v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad)

BURGESS, J.

This is an action to recover damages done to plaintiff’s crops by water, in the years 1896 and 1897, by reason of the failure of the defendant company to construct and maintain ditches and drains along the sides of its roadbed as required'by section 810, Revised Statutes 1879, amended by the Act of 1883. [Laws 1883, p. 50; R. S. 1889, sec. 2614.