TANEY COUNTY v. EMPIRE DIST. ELECTRIC CO.

No. 41842.

235 S.W.2d 271 (1951)

TANEY COUNTY et al. v. EMPIRE DIST. ELECTRIC CO.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

January 8, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Gideon, Douglas Mahnkey and J. R. Gideon, all of Forsyth, for appellant.

Richard K. McPherson, Ralph E. Baird, Joplin, for respondent.


TIPTON, Judge.

In the circuit court of Taney County the appellants filed this action in mandamus to compel the respondent to reconstruct a bridge over Lake Taneycomo at a point where a bridge was destroyed by flood waters on May 12, 1945. The trial court denied the writ and entered a judgment for respondent. The appellants have duly appealed.

Under authority of Congress, the Ozark Power and Water Company, a corporation, was given the right to construct a hydro...

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