Loughridge v. City of Dalton

Loughridge brought' an action for damages against the City of Dalton) alleging that because of certain septic tanks so constructed by the city as to emit noxious gases and odors, and by reason of the enlargement of the city gas plant, a continuing nuisance had been created on his farm; that the source of a small 'creek or branch flowing through his farm is a large spring about one mile west of his farm; that the waters of the stream were pure and healthy, and that but for the conduct of the city in maintaining the nuisance the water in this stream would reach his farm practically pure. Prior…