Ozark Poultry Products, Inc. v. Garman

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The appellant owns a rendering plant between Siloam Springs and Gentry. The .appellees — nine homeowners in the vicinity — brought this suit to abate the plant, as a nuisance polluting both the air and a natural stream. The chancellor found the plant to be a public nuisance and ordered it closed unless conditions at the plant were corrected within a reasonable time fixed by the court. For reversal the appellant argues a single point: The appellees were not entitled to a decree abating a public nuisance, because they failed to show that they have suffered special…