Continental Oil & Cotton Co. v. Thompson

S. T. Thompson and wife owned a home in the city of Abilene and sued the Continental Oil & Cotton Company, alleging that in the operation of its cottonseed oil mill and refinery the defendant caused oil and water to be discharged from its plant upon the streets of the city, from whence it ran upon plaintiffs’ premises and upon the streets adjacent thereto, causing a nuisance, by reason of which plaintiffs suffered personal annoyance and discomfort, for which they sought to recover damages. Judgment was rendered in plaintiffs’ favor for $400, and defendant has appealed.

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