Gila Water Co. v. Green

WINLES, Superior Judge.

— This is an action by appellee, James B. Green, against defendants, the Gila Water Company, a corporation, and Frank A. Gillespie, for damages caused by the flooding of plaintiff’s land. The alleged wrong causing the damage was that the defendants, during the years 1919-1921, constructed a dam across the Gila River a short distance below the land owned by the plaintiff, which dam obstructed the free flow of the waters of the river and caused them to overflow plaintiff’s land. The defendants answered, admitting the construction-of the dam, and, by way of justification…