Arundel Corp. v. Griffin

The amended declaration herein, filed by W. D. Griffin and T. M. Griffin, purports to state a cause of action against The Arundel Corporation, a corporation, and the Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District. The first count sets up the particulars of an alleged concerted action and a joint tort by the defendants by causing the plaintiffs’ lands to be overflowed with water (following unusually heavy rainfalls), in negligently prosecuting drainage operations in the Everglades of the State, while the second count contains similar allegations in stating a taking- of the plaintiffs’…