Hanson v. Salt Lake City

WADE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Orson Hanson, respondent here, brought this action against defendant, Salt Lake City, appellant here, for injunctive relief and money damages. He claims that as a result of the city drilling a large well and pumping large quantities of water therefrom during the summer of 1934 in the neighborhood of his artesian well, the flow of water therefrom was greatly reduced so that without the aid of a pump on his well it would not supply sufficient water to satisfy his culinary and irrigation requirements as it had previously done, and that to supply his needs he installed a…