City of St. Petersburg v. Meyers

How courts have described this case

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

• “A city may elevate or depress its streets, as it thinks proper, but [will be held liable] if, in so doing, it turns a stream of mud and water upon the grounds and into the cellars of one of its citizens, or creates in his neighborhood a stagnant pond that brings disease ***.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).