Legal Opinion

City of Tucson v. Apache Motors

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 1952No. 5526PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHELPS, Justice.

This is a case in which a number of persons, joined as parties plaintiff in an action against the city of Tucson to recover dam-ages alleged to .have been sustained by them as a result of water being cast upon their premises due to the closing of an adjacent arroyo and negligently failing to construct openings or conduits of sufficient size to adequately carry away the water which they say would otherwise have flowed -unobstructed down through the arroyo. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiffs from which this appeal is prosecuted.

The city of Tucson did the construction…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Rosenthal v. Taylor, Bastrop & Houston Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation Dist. No. 1 v. WarfordArizona Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Pahlka v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  4. Shelley v. Ozark Pipe Line CorporationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  5. The City of Phoenix v. JohnsonArizona Supreme Court · 1938

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Schneider National Carriers, Inc. v. BatesTexas Supreme Court · 2004
  2. City of Tucson v. KoerberArizona Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Estate of Reinen v. Northern Arizona Orthopedics, Ltd.Arizona Supreme Court · 2000
  4. A Tumbling-T Ranches v. Flood Control DistrictCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2009
  5. Watkins v. ArpaioCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2016

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