Legal Opinion

Stooker v. Feil

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 14, 1949No. 47387PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHays, J.

— This appeal involves the question of the right of a dominant estate to the free and uninterrupted flow of surface water onto and over the servient estate. This appeal is also somewhat unique, in that appellants do not raise a single legal question nor do they cite a single authority in their brief and argument.

Plaintiff asks that the defendants be enjoined from maintaining a dike along the division line between their respective farms, thereby preventing the natural flow of surface water from plaintiff’s land, and for damages. After an extended hear ing the trial court granted the relief…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of BrooksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
  2. Hatheway v. HansonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1941
  3. Hunt v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1947
  4. Brous v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
  5. Thompson v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Eppling v. SeuntjensSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
  2. Stockdale v. Agrico Chemical Co., Div. of Con. Oil Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1972
  3. Currie v. CurrieSupreme Court of Iowa · 1958

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