Legal Opinion
Conrad v. Board of Supervisors of Lee County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 29, 1972No. 55030PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
This appeal in a negligence action for pollution of a farm pond turns mainly on whether the plaintiffs proved damages.
Bernard and Leona Conrad own farm land beside one county road and a short distance from another county road in Lee County, Iowa. The two roads drain naturally onto the Conrads’ land in an area where some springs rise. A number of years ago the Conrads had a small pond in that area, but the dam washed out.
For about ten years Lee County has placed liquid lignin sulphite (called “tree sap”) on its crushed rock roads in order to reduce loss of rock and keep down…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Rosenau Ex Rel. Rosenau v. City of EsthervilleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
- Hedges v. ConderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
- Dougherty v. BoykenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
- Atherton v. Hoenig's GrocerySupreme Court of Iowa · 1957
- Carabba v. Anacortes School District No. 103Washington Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Wilson v. NepstadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Board of Water Works Trustees of the City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Alvord, Burdick & Howson and Dorr-Oliver, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Harryman v. HaylesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- Laurie Freeman, Sharon Mockmore, Beccy Boysel, Gary D. Boysel, Linda L. Goreham, Gary R. Goreham, Kelcey Brackett, and Bobbie Lynn Weatherman v. Grain Processing CorporationSupreme Court of Iowa · 2014
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