Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Construction Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1940-01-29

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Mr. Chief Justice Hughes delivered the opinion of the Court. In this action, brought in the state court of Nebraska and removed to the federal court, petitioners sought to recover damages upon the ground that the respondent company had built dikes in the Missouri River and, using large boats with paddles and pumps to produce artificial erosion, had washed away…

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