Legal Opinion
Foster v. City of Augusta
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided November 13, 1948No. 36,915; No. 36,916; No. 36,917; No. 36,918; No. 36,919; No. 36,920; No. 36,921; No. 36,922PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Harvey, C. J.;
These eight actions were brought by individual owners of property situated in the flood valley of the Whitewater river against the city of Augusta, a city of the second class, with a population of about 4,000, to recover damages alleged to have resulted to their property by the city building and maintaining a levee to protect the city and its inhabitants from floods. The attached plat, Appendix "A,” shows the location of the city, the levee and the property of the respective plaintiffs alleged to have been damaged.
The city of Augusta is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Kohl v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Transportation Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- United States v. LynahSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Chicago v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Lone Star Industries, Inc. v. Secretary of the Kansas Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Kansas · 1983
- Foster v. City of AugustaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1953
- Sanders v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Kansas · 1973
- Steck v. City of WichitaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1956
- Ventures in Property I v. City of WichitaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1979
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