Tampa Waterworks Co. v. Cline
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough county. STATEMENT. The original bill filed in this case was by the Tampa Waterworks Company against George W. Cline, Sr., and George W. Cline, Jr., and subsequently an amended bill was filed against George W. Cline, Sr.—the junior-having died in the meantime.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough county. STATEMENT. The original bill filed in this case was by the Tampa Waterworks Company against George W. Cline, Sr., and George W. Cline, Jr., and subsequently an amended bill was filed against George W. Cline, Sr.—the junior-having died in the meantime. From the amended bill it appears that the Waterworks Company is a Florida corporation organized for the purpose of furnishing the city of Tampa with water for fire, sanitary and domestic purposes, and was under a contract with the city to furnish it, for the term of thirty years, with…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, C. J.:
The questions arising on the present record involve rights of adjoining land owners to water passing through the land not heretofore discussed by this court. The general subject to rights to water passing over or through lands requires some classification in dealing with the different phrases of rights that may arise. A very well considered case decided in Ohio, and hereafter referred to, classifies the subject as follows: 1. In respect to surface streams which flow in a permanent, distinct and well-defined channel from the lands of one owner to those of another. 2. In respect to…
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