Canton v. Graniteville Fire District No. 4

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that there were decades between defendant’s alterations and any change in the water flow
• affirming jury’s reliance on expert’s testimony concerning causation from a man-made culvert
• quarry owners liable for the alteration it made to the natural drainage patterns and resulting flooding
• “one who causes water to enter the land of another is liable for trespass”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).