Hill v. Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Grant Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHiblack, J.
Action by Joseph W. Hill and Zimri S. Richardson against the Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway Company, for obstructing the flow of water from, their lauds.
*512The complaint averred, that the plaintiffs were the owners •of a tract of land in Grant county; that more than thirty years before the commencement of this suit, the falling rains and melting snow had formed a natural channel upon said tract of land, through which the accumulating water had been accustomed to flow; that the railway company, by the erection and continuance of an embankment, had caused such flow of water to be…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Taylor v. FickasIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
- Cairo & Vincennes R. R. v. StevensIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Rice v. City of EvansvilleIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Templeton v. VoshloeIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
- Schlichter v. PhillipyIndiana Supreme Court · 1879
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Evansville, Mount Carmel & Northern Railway Co. v. ScottIndiana Court of Appeals · 1916
- Robinson v. ShanksIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
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