Sayers v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

Citations

• 82 Kan. 123
• 107 P. 641
• 1910 Kan. LEXIS 205

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Parties — Action for Injury to Growing Crop by Landlord Who is to Receive Crop Rent. A landlord who is to receive a share of the crop as rent may maintain an action without joining the tenant and recover from a railway company which obstructed a river, resulting in flooding the land and injuring and destroying part of the crops growing thereon, but can only recover to the extent of his share.</p> <p>2. Damages — Destruction or Injury to Groiuing Crop. The measure of damages for the destruction of a growing crop is the value of the crop in its condition at the time and place it was destroyed, and, if only injured, it is the difference in value before and after the injury.</p>