Rayborn v. Smiley

BLANCHE, Judge.

The plaintiffs (approximately 130 in number), all residents of Livingston Parish, seek to enjoin the defendants from operating a rendering plant near Satsuma, in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The defendants are Gulf South Products, Inc., John D. Smiley and Sars of Louisiana, Inc. Before filing the present suit, the plaintiffs were successful in a prior suit in enjoining one of the defendants, Gulf South Products, Inc., d/b/a Modern Rendering Company, from operating the said rendering plant. That judgment also awarded plaintiffs damages as a result of the nuisance.

On appeal,…