Roope v. Anaconda Co.

*29All plaintiffs in two flood damage cases bring this consolidated appeal from summary judgments granted in favor of a single common defendant by the district court of Silver Bow ■County, the Hon. James D. Freebourn presiding.

In midafternoon of July 28, 1970, an extremely severe rain and hail storm of “cloudburst” proportions hit the western residential area of Butte, Montana. The principal part of this storm lasted about half an hour and caused a tremendous amount of hail and water to fall in the area. This water flowed downhill following the contours of the land. In this process considerable…