416 So. 2d 404 - Bailey v. Floyd’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 2010
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 7 Ala. App. 462 - King Land & Improvement Co. v. Bowen · Nolen v. State · Vinson v. Turner · Dekle v. Vann · Kay-Noojin Development Co. v. Hackett
Most-quoted passages
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““ ‘If the land is inside a corporate limit, the applicable rule of law is called the common-enemy doctrine. It is diametrically opposed to the civil law rule and allows each landowner to use his property as he pleases. Each land owner has an unqualified right to divert the surface waters without incurring legal consequences while other landowners possess the duty and right to protect themselves from the effects of this diversion. Annot. 93 A.L.R.3d 1193 , 1199 (1979).’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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