Town of Jacksonville v. McCracken
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Sixth Supreme Judicial District. Action by J. L. McCracken and wife against the Town of Jacksonville, to recover damages for a nuisance. A judgment for plaintiffs was modified by the Court of Civil Appeals (197 S. W. 309), and both parties bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
Plaintiffs, J. L. McCracken and wife, S. E. McCracken, filed this suit on December 2, 1915, against defendant, the town of Jacksonville, Tex., a municipal corporation,, under the laws of this state, to recover damages alleged to have accrued by reason of the defendant maintaining a nuisance — the operation of a septic tank — on land adjacent to a 29-acre tract of land owned and occupied by plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs alleged that defendant erected and operated in connection with the sewerage system of the town a septic or disposal plant; that the outlet from this tank was discharged and emptied…
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