Lee v. Inter-River Drainage Dist.
| Decision Date | 16 December 1920 |
| Docket Number | No. 2528.,2528. |
| Citation | 226 S.W. 280 |
| Parties | LEE v. INTER-RIVER DRAINAGE DIST. |
| Court | Missouri Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Butler County; Almon Ing, Judge.
Action by H. A. Lee against the Inter-River Drainage District of Missouri. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.
Oliver & Oliver, of Cape Girardeau, for appellant.
Henson & Woody, of Poplar Bluff, for respondent.
The judgment in this case is based upon practically the same facts and conditions as that rendered in the case of C. J. Schalk v. Inter-River Drainage District of Missouri, 223 S. W. 277, and the law governing this case is declared in the Schalk Case in an opinion this day delivered and handed down.
For the reasons therein stated, the judgment is affirmed.
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