Legal Opinion

Holloway v. Peoples Water Co.

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided May 12, 1917No. Nos. 18,967 and 19,917PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from Woodson district court; OSCAR Foust, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

*415The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff, who resides and owns property in block 17 in the city of Yates Center, sued the water company to enjoin it and its officers, agents and employees from permitting water to escape from its pipes and tank in such a manner as to fall upon her property, alleging that on numerous occasions her premises had been flooded by the overflow of the steel tank of the defendant, situated in block 17. The court found that the company had repeatedly caused its tank to overflow the plaintiff’s premises to her inconvenience and damage, sometimes…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Bessette v. W. B. Conkey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. In re NevittCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
  4. O'Brien v. People ex rel. Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Kreplik v. Cough Patents Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1911

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Ford v. Guarantee Abstract & Title Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1976
  3. State Ex Rel. Everette v. PettewaySupreme Court of Florida · 1938
  4. Tompkins v. George Rinner Construction Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1966
  5. Smeal Fire Apparatus Co. v. KreikemeierNebraska Supreme Court · 2010

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