Legal Opinion
City of Springdale v. Weathers
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 16, 1967No. 5-4047PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Paul Ward, Justice.
This litigation concerns damages to a dairy farm caused by the discharge of sewage from a disposal plant owned by the City of Springdale. Tbe sewage polluted Spring Creek which ran through appellees’ farm, allegedly causing permanent damage to its use as a dairy farm.
On December 30, 1963 appellees, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Weathers, filed suit against appellant, City of Spring-dale, asking for damages in the sum of $175,000. On December 15, 1965, after a lengthy trial to a jury, judgment was entered against appellant and in favor of appellees in the amount of $38,000, and this…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Motors Ins. Corporation v. LopezSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1950
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
- Bodcaw Lumber Co. v. FordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Sewer Improvement District No. 1 v. FiscusSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- Finley v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1966
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States Environmental Protection Agency v. City of Green ForestCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Diamond v. New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
- Chisum v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
- United States Environmental Protection Agency v. City of Green Forest, Arkansas, Lewis Stephen Work, Appellants/intervenors. Lewis Stephen Work, Appellants/cross-Appellees v. Tyson Foods, Inc., and City of Green Forest, Arkansas, Appellees/cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Kennedy v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
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