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.