Hunt v. Iowa Central Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa District Court. — Hon. J. K. Johnson, Judge. Action for damages caused by surface water discharged upon the plaintiff’s lands. , From a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
The plaintiff is the owner of forty acres of land in Louisa county. She claims that the defendant, owning and operating its line of railway through said county and across'her land, has on its right of way a ditch on the north side of its roadbed, commencing a mile southeasterly from the plaintiff’s land, and by means of which surface water from land lying east of the plaintiff’s is conveyed upon her land, and accumulates and stands upon the same in large quantities, submerging the same; that the defendant has provided no means of escape for the water so accumulating ; that, formerly said…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Powers v. City of Council BluffsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
- Sullens v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1888
- Beems v. C., R. I. & P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- Drake v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- Miller v. Keokuk & Des Moines R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1883
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Harvey v. Mason City & Fort Dodge RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Vogt v. City of GrinnellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Churchill v. Burlington Water Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- Bennett v. City of MarionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
- Mueller Lumber Co. v. McCaffreySupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
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