Legal Opinion

Cobia v. Roy City

Utah Supreme Court

Decided December 8, 1961No. 9483PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENRIOD, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment on the pleadings in favor of Roy City, an industrial city of about 10,000 population. Affirmed. No-costs awarded.

Our concern is whether an incorporated city is liable for damage resulting from a sewer stoppage on a theory of 1) negligence or'2) nuisance, in an isolated case, where the question pointed up is whether operation of a sewer is governmental or proprietary. Under the facts of this case, and because of what we have said before, we think the result is the same whether it is urged on negligence or nuisance grounds. We express no opinion as to a…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Bingham v. BD. OF ED. OF OGDEN CITYUtah Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Wilkinson v. StateUtah Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Campbell Building Co. v. State Road CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Niblock v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Hjorth v. WhittenburgUtah Supreme Court · 1952

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Perkins v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Standiford v. Salt Lake City Corp.Utah Supreme Court · 1980
  3. DeBry v. NobleUtah Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Greenhalgh v. Payson CityUtah Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Hansen v. Salt Lake CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1990

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