Bowman v. Humphrey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wayne District Court.— Hon. H. M. Towner, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for an alleged nuisance. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
Defendant owns and operates a creamery in Wayne county, Iowa, and this action is based upon the claim that he, by his employes and servants, casts the filthy refuse matter from said creamery into a running stream which passes from his premises to those of the plaintiff, and thereby has so befouled and corrupted the waters as to poison the same and cause noxious and offensive odors to arise therefrom to the injury of plaintiff and his family. Defendant answers alleging that he has conducted his creamery according to the most modern and best approved methods, and kept the same in a cleanly…
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