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· 5/25/1994

M.A. v. Iowa District Court for Polk County

Citations

  • 517 N.W.2d 205
  • 1994 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 118
  • 1994 WL 234718

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  • noting that “the rule of law has become established that owners of the soil have no rights in sub-surface waters ... as against their neighbors who may withdraw them by wells or other excavations”
  • noting that \the rule of law has become established that owners of the soil have no rights in sub-surface waters ... as against their neighbors who may withdraw them by wells or other excavations\
  • considering whether the proposed use of adjacent land as a cemetery would “be detrimental to the health of the people of the village; [would] corrupt the water of their wells and render it unfit for use, and for these reasons become a public nuisance”

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Judges: Carter, Larson, McGiverin, Snell, Ternus

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