Travis v. Preston

In this case regarding alleged odors and fumes emanating from defendants Keith and Glenn Preston’s hog-farming operation, Preston Farms, defendants appeal by right the trial court’s order of judgment, entered after a bench trial, awarding plaintiffs Pete and Edna Travis $29,000 in damages and plaintiffs Richard and Patricia Johnson $29,000 in damages. We reverse and remand.

After defendants began a hog-farming operation in 1996, plaintiffs, who lived near the hog farm, filed this action for nuisance and injunctive relief against defendants. Plaintiffs alleged that they had resided at their…