Brimberry v. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Actions. Damages. Nuisance. Water Courses. Before Judge Bower. Mitchell Superior Court. March Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This action was instituted to recover damages for the continuance of a nuisance by suffering polluted water to flow upon the plaintiff’s premises, thus accumulating thereon garbage, filth and decaying matter, which created noxious stenches' and produced sickness, and thereby impaired the value of his property. The case made by the plaintiff’s testimony was substantially this : In 1870, a railway was constructed by the South Georgia and Florida Railroad Company, running close to the eastern border of the town of Camilla. This company acquired its right of way over, the premises…
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