Hamm v. Briant

DUNKLIN, Associate Justice.

William O. Briant recovered judgment for three hundred dollars against John C. Hamm and the Merkel Light & Power Company for alleged damages for annoyance, inconvenience and discomfort to the plaintiff and his family, resulting from the operation of a gin and light plant by defendants, and from that judgment defendants have appealed.

In the charge of the court the issue was submitted as to whether or not the operation of the plant constituted a nuisance warranting a recovery by the plaintiff, and neither party has challenged the correctness of that instruction. After…