Legal Opinion
Ford v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 18, 1925PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
This is an action by G. W. Ford against the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, in the circuit court of White County, Arkansas. Ford . sought to recover damages by reason of the digging of a ditch Uy the railroad company along its right-of-way and parallel thereto, in the town of Bald Knob. Ford alleged that the railroad company negligently and carelessly dug the ditch, so that it diverted the water from Tupelo Creek, a natural watercourse, to run down said ditch over and upon his land, by which he was damaged in the destruction of his crops in the sum of $2,950, for which he asked judgment.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
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- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. SteelSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. MackeySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Zinn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
- Harris v. City of QuincyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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- Duty v. GunterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1960