Legal Opinion
McAllister v. Sloan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1936No. 10305PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This was an action at law brought by Mr. and Mrs. McAllister against J. W. Sloan to recover damages to' land alleged to have been caused by the building, by the defendant, of a dam in the Illinois river, a nonnavigable stream which runs from Arkansas into Oklahoma.
In substance, the complaint alleged that the McAllisters owned land on the banks of the stream, which they.used as a summer camp for girls 9,nd which was valuable and desirable for that purpose, having a fine beach upon a natural pool of clear water suitable for 'boating, bathing, and other water sports; that…
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