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WHEATLAND IRRIGATION DIST. v. McGUIRE

No. 4353.

562 P.2d 287 (1977)

WHEATLAND IRRIGATION DISTRICT, a corporation, Appellant (Defendant below), v. Bernard R. McGUIRE et al., Appellees (Plaintiffs below), and Dean T. Prosser, Jr., and Harriot Prosser, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Jones and Raymond B. Hunkins, of Jones, Jones, Vines & Hunkins, Wheatland, for appellant.

John J. Rooney, of Rooney, Horiskey, Bagley & Hickey, Cheyenne, for appellees McGuires.

Glenn Parker, of Hirst & Applegate, Cheyenne, for appellees Prossers.

Before GUTHRIE, C.J., McCLINTOCK and ROSE, JJ., and BROWN and HAMM, District Judges.

McCLINTOCK, Justice.

The McGuires and Prossers recovered substantial judgments in separate actions filed against the Wheatland Irrigation District to recover damages for injuries to lands and personal property belonging to the two families, which injuries occurred when the dam of a reservoir owned by defendant gave way, resulting in the flooding of plaintiffs' lands. Defendant appealed, asserting error both in the imposition of liability as a matter of law by the...

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