Phillips v. Waterhouse
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Superior Court of Cedar Rapids. Action to recover damages for causing water to flow on the premises of the plaintiffs, thereby causing a nuisance. Trial to the court, judgment for the plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
There is no dispute as to the facts. The plaintiffs are the owners of a lot on which is situate the Pullman House, in block 23, in Cedar Rapids. The block, or rather half block, is bounded by First avenue, Third and Fourth streets, and an alley which runs parallel with the avenue. The defendant owns a lot in the same block, situate at the corner of the avenue and Third street, and it is bounded in the rear by the alley. The defendant, in 1878, erected on *200his lot the Grand Hotel, which fronts on the.avenue and Third street. The building is 80 by 140 feet, and occupies all the ground belonging…
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