Legal Opinion
Stewart v. City of Springfield
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided September 8, 1942No. Nos. 37234, 37242PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
— Plaintiffs aré riparian owners of land on Wilson Creek, near Springfield, Missouri. They filed separate actions for damages to their respective lands arising from the pollution of the creek caused by the discharge of the effluent of the Springfield sewer system into the creek. Stewart and wife sued for $10,000.00, and Chappell and wife for $25,000.00.
Demurrers to both petitions, which are substantially the same, were sustained and appeals taken to this court. Here the cases were consolidated by agreement of the parties. They are companion cases to Riggs v. City of Springfield, 344 Mo. 420,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Harrisonville v. W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Riggs v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- Neill v. GatesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Shelley v. Ozark Pipe Line CorporationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Frank v. Environmental Sanitation Management, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- Clark v. City of SpringfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1951
- Flanigan v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
- Spain v. City of Cape GirardeauMissouri Court of Appeals · 1972
- L_____ v. R____Missouri Court of Appeals · 1974
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