Legal Opinion
Blasdel v. Montana Power Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 1982No. 80-208PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR.JUSTICE HARRISON
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this inverse condemnation action the defendant, Montana Power Company, appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff landowners.
Plaintiffs-respondents, the Blasdels, filed suit on December 1,1960, against the Montana Power Company for inverse condemnation of the Blasdel farm. Blasdels claim that Montana Power Company’s construction and operation of the Kerr Dam on Flathead Lake caused the water table to rise and severely damage their farm.
Montana’s Eleventh Judicial District Court, in and for the County of Flathead, birfurcated the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Teesdale v. Anschutz Drilling CompanyMontana Supreme Court · 1960
- Brannon v. Lewis & Clark CountyMontana Supreme Court · 1963
- Heckaman v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1933
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