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HOPKINS v. CLEMSON COLLEGE

No. 70.

221 U.S. 636 (1911)

31 S.Ct. 654

55 L.Ed. 890

HOPKINS v. CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph A. McCullough and Mr. R.T. Jaynes for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.P. Carey for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff sued the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, for damages to his farm, resulting from the College having built a dyke which forced the waters of the Seneca River across his land, whereby the soil had been washed away and the land ruined for agricultural purposes. There was no demurrer, but the defendant filed...

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