Legal Opinion

Vogt v. City of Grinnell

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 14, 1907PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from Poweshiek District Court.— Hon. B. W. Preston, Judge.* Action at law to recover damages for a nuisance. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.—

1Opinion of the Court

Weaver, C. J.—

The nuisance complained of is alleged to have been created by the act of defendant in constructing a system of sewers by which sewage and offal are collected and cast into a running stream, which passes from said city through plaintiff’s farm, corrupting the waters of said stream, and poisoning and injuring the live stock of the plaintiff there being kept and pastured. This controversy has already had the consideration of this court upon a former appeal. See Vogt v. Grinnell, 123 Iowa, 332, to which we refer for a more complete statement of the facts. A second trial resulted in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Vogt v. City of GrinnellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  2. American Life Ins. v. MelcherSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Ryan v. City of EmmetsburgSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
  2. Lawson v. FordyceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1945
  3. Robinson v. Home Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
  4. Hines v. City of NevadaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
  5. Hemminger v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925

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