Legal Opinion
Newman v. City of El Dorado Springs
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 26, 1956No. 7409PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*316RUARK, Judge.
Plaintiffs, respondents here, received jury award and judgment against the City of El Dorado Springs for $1,500 on account of damages suffered by them (in the years 1952 and 1953) because of the pollution of Clear Creek, allegedly resulting from the outfall and drainage from the El Dorado Springs sewer system.
The history and location of this sewer system as gathered principally from the defendant’s evidence is that about the year 1903 the first and main line of the sewer was laid. This consisted of a 16- or 18-inch tile. A small stream, designated both as “Town Branch” and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Harrisonville v. W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Smith v. City of SedaliaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Clark v. City of SpringfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1951
- Riggs v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- Shelley v. Ozark Pipe Line CorporationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Flanigan v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
- Stewart v. City of MarshfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1968
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