Bartholomew v. Shipe

On April 8, 1915, E. F. Fields and others filed petition in the district court of Travis county against E. C. Bartholomew, M. M. Shipe, and Patrick Gaffney, to abate a nuisance alleged to be caused by noxious and stagnant waters being permitted to stand in a gravel pit located on a 10-acre block of land in the city of Austin. It was alleged that Shipe owned all of said gravel pit, except 150 by 200 feet out of the north end owned by Bartholomew and 150 by 257 feet out of the southwest corner owned by Gaffney. The first action taken by the court was based on plaintiffs’ second amended original…