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WHEATLAND IRRIGATION DISTRICT v. PROSSER

No. 4083.

501 P.2d 1 (1972)

WHEATLAND IRRIGATION DISTRICT, a corporation, Appellant, v. Dean T. PROSSER, Jr., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Jones and W.H. Vines, of Jones, Jones, Vines & Hunkins, Wheatland, for appellant.

Byron Hirst and W. Perry Dray, of Hirst, Applegate & Dray, Cheyenne, for appellees Dean T. Prosser, Jr., and Harriot Prosser.

John J. Rooney and James P. Horiskey, of Rooney & Horiskey, Cheyenne, for appellees Bernard R. McGuire and others.

Before McINTYRE, C.J., and PARKER, McEWAN and GUTHRIE, JJ.

McINTYRE, Chief Justice.

Wheatland Irrigation District owns and operates a reservoir in Platte County, Wyoming. Certain landowners who own lands below the reservoir suffered damages when the reservoir's dam broke and caused flooding of their lands. Suit was brought by these landowners for their damages.

On motion of the plaintiffs, summary judgment was granted to plaintiffs and against the defendant on the issue of liability. The judgment was based on the...

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