State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Greene District Court. — Hon. Z. A. Church, Judge. Action to enjoin the defendants from draining water from Goose Lake resulted in a decree as prayed. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
Goose Lake is that portion of sections 1 and 12 in township 84, and of section 36 in township 85 N., of range No. 31 W. of the fifth P. M., and of sections 6 and 7 in township 84 of range 30 W. of the fifth P. M., meandered by the government survey of 1853. It is sev*400eral hundred acres in extent, and, as the evidence shows, has a well-defined bank or rim. The water is and always has been shallow, varying in depth with the falling of rain and the melting of snows. It is surrounded by high lands which drain into it, and has no outlet save a swale through which the water flows out when the bed…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Pollard's Lessee v. HAGANSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Hardin v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Barney v. KeokukSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Weber v. Board of Harbor CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
24 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Harbor Island Marina v. BOARD OF CTY. COMMISSIONERS OF CALVERT CTY.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Flisrand v. MadsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1915
- Marshall Dental Manufacturing Co. v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- State v. LivingstonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.