Legal Opinion
City of Abilene v. Bailey
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 24, 1961No. 3612PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRISSOM, Chief Justice.
William L. Bailey and others, who own a farm adjacent to the City of Abilene’s sewage disposal plant, sued the city for damages caused by obnoxious odors and insects coming from said plant onto their farm and causing a depreciation in its market value. Plaintiffs alleged that the city, in March, 1959, built a sewage disposal plant on a tract of land separated from plaintiffs’ 237.4 acre stock farm, where they resided, by only a 50 foot county road and proceeded to discharge the city’s sewage upon its land, producing the results stated and causing a diminution in the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- State v. HaleTexas Supreme Court · 1941
- Gainesville, Henrietta & Western Railway Co. v. HallTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- City of Amarillo v. WareTexas Supreme Court · 1931
- G., C. & S. F. R'y Co. v. FullerTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Stone v. City of WylieTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
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3Cited by7 opinions
- City of Abilene v. DownsTexas Supreme Court · 1963
- Abbott v. City of Kaufman, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1986
- Schneider v. City of Cuero, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1988
- City of Uvalde v. CrowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
- City of Abilene v. DownsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
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