Masonite Corp. v. Burnham

Appellees, R. L. Burnham and his four children, brought this action in the circuit court of the First judicial district of Jones county against appellant, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received by appellees resulting from the pollution by appellant of the waters of Tallahalla creek. Appellees charged in their declaration that, because of such pollution, there arose offensive stenches, and that additional mosquitoes were bred thereby, which caused the appellees great personal discomfort, and, in addition, damaged their lands which lay nearby, consisting of their home and…