Supreme Court of Florida

Tampa Waterworks Company v. George W. Cline

January 15, 189637 Fla. 586

Summary

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's dismissal of the waterworks company's injunction, holding that a well‑defined subterranean stream is subject to the same riparian rights as a surface stream, that the corporation's charter does not grant extra water rights, and that the plaintiff failed to prove diversion, pollution, or malicious intent.