Legal Opinion
Max v. Barnard-Bolckow Drainage District
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided November 18, 1930PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action for damages. Plaintiff's petition alleges that he is the owner of certain land in Andrew County. Missouri, through which the One Hundred and Two River flows; that he is the owner of a grist mill situated thereon and operated by water power derived from said river and made available by a dam lawfully erected and maintained across said river; that the defendant drainage district by its plan of reclamation proposed to straighten said river by digging and constructing certain ditches; that "dirt, earth and debris washed out of the ditches," so constructed, and was carried down…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Transportation Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Illinois ex rel. Drainage CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Gibson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Gray v. Reclamation District No. 1500California Supreme Court · 1917
- St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company v. St. Paul Water Commissioners; Minneapolis Mill Company v. SameSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Marianist Province of the U.S. v. City of KirkwoodCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019
- City of Clayton v. NemoursSupreme Court of Missouri · 1944
- Hill-Behan Lumber Co. v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
- State Ex Rel. Becker v. Wellston Sewer DistrictSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
- Bohannon v. Camden Bend Drainage DistrictMissouri Court of Appeals · 1948
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