Legal Opinion

Dye v. Burdick

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 18, 1977No. 77-6Published

1Opinion of the Court

553 S.W.2d 833 (1977)

Herman DYE et ux., Appellants,

v.

Fred R. BURDICK et ux., Appellees.

No. 77-6.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

July 18, 1977.

Howard L. Slinkard, Rogers, for appellants.

Little, Lawrence, McCollum & Mixon by Sidney H. McCollum, Bentonville, for appellees.

FOGLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a verdict directed against appellants Herman Dye and his wife, whose home was destroyed by flooding which resulted from the bursting of a dam on property owned by appellees. We agree with appellants that a verdict should not have been directed upon the conclusion of the…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Eaves v. City of OttumwaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1949
  2. Fleming v. LockwoodMontana Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Dollins v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
  4. Dye v. BurdickSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
  5. City Water Power Co. v. City of Fergus FallsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910

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