Hammond v. City of Warner Robins

Eldridge, Judge.

Appellant brought an action against the City of Warner Robins in nuisance, trespass, and inverse condemnation. From 1972 until 1976, Warner Robins operated a sanitary landfill.

There exists a three-foot layer of soil as a ground covering for the landfill; beneath this layer, household garbage exists from a depth of three feet to thirty feet.

Most sanitary landfills contain organic waste, such as household garbage, which decays with time. The rate of decay varies with time at a rate which can be represented by a bell curve. However, since there exists no uniformity in content of…