Legal Opinion
Cambest v. McComas Hydro-Electric Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 1922PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRIMBLE, P. J.-
This is an action in equity brought, as the petition alleges and the evidence shows, by the “owners of real estate . . . , contiguous to and bordering upon, and in the immediate vicinity of, Platte river,” to enjoin the maintenance of a dam across said stream.
The answer pleaded as authority for the construction and maintenance of said dam, an Act of the General Assembly of Missouri, approved February 27, 1845 (Laws of Mo. 1845, p. 77); that the dam erected thereunder was maintained ever since and defendant succeeded to the right granted thereby; that in 1914 defendant…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Egan v. HartSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Hill v. Union Electric Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- Weller v. Missouri Lumber & Mining Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Scheurich v. Southwest Missouri Light Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Elder v. DelcourSupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
- Clinic & Hospital, Inc. v. McConnellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1951
- Bollinger v. American Asphalt Roof Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1929