236.160. Court may enter order to erect dam, when.
Court may enter order to erect dam, when.
236.160. If no objections be filed to the proceedings underthe writ or to the verdict of the jury, and it shall appear tothe court, upon a view of the inquest, that the mansion house ofany proprietor, or the outhouse, curtilages or gardens theretobelonging, or orchard, will not be overflowed, and that thehealth of the neighborhood will not be materially affected by thestagnation of water consequent upon the proposed erection, thecourt shall thereupon grant or refuse the permission prayed for,according to its judgment of what would be most reasonable andjust under all circumstances.
(RSMo 1939 § 10301)Prior revisions: 1929 § 9172; 1919 § 7414; 1909 § 5471