Legal Opinion
Beals v. State
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 13, 1986No. Nos. 2 CA-CIV 5610, 2 CA-CIV 5630 and 2 CA-CIV 5629PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOWARD, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from the granting of a summary judgment. The issue here is whether the defendant can be held liable for damages caused by Gila River waters diverted from the river by salt cedar and other natural growth. We hold that it cannot and affirm.
We consider the facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs. Gibraltar Escrow Company v. Thomas J. Grosso, Investment, Inc., 4 Ariz.App. 490, 421 P.2d 923 (1966).
Plaintiffs owned 630 acres of farmland immediately adjacent to the Gila River near Buckeye, Arizona. Seventy-one percent of the land is…
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- Ramada Inns, Inc. v. Salt River Valley Water Users' Ass'nArizona Supreme Court · 1974
- Swett v. CuttsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1870
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Beals v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1986