Brewster v. City of Forney
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Fifth Supreme Judicial District. Action by A. L. Brewster against the City of Forney. From a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (196 S. W. 636) affirming judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKittrell, J.
The parties will he referred to as plaintiff and defendant. Plaintiff sued defendant for damages to his property caused by the construction and operation of a sewerage system.
-The eas.e was submitted on special issues. There were no preliminary instructions as to *176the law by which tie jury should be guided in answering the issues, 19 in number, but at the end the jury was properly instructed, as to the burden of proof. At the request of defendant the court defined a “nuisance” as follows:
“A nuisance is the use of one’s own property for the conducting of one’s own business in such an…
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