Legal Opinion

Somerset W., L. & T. Co. v. Hyde

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 20, 1908PublishedCited by 4 opinions

CASE 37. — ACTION BY MATTIE1 2T. HYDE AGAINST THE SOMERSET WATER, LIGHT & TRACTION CO., TO ABATE A SEWER AS A NUISANCE. — June 20. Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. M. L. Jarvis, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff,- defendant appeals —

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op tee Court by

¥k. Rogers Clay, Commissioner —

Reversing.

This is' an action on the part of appellee^ Mattie T. Hyde, wherein she seeks a mandatory injunction requiring appellant to abate a nuisance caused by the discharge of sewage on appellee’s premises through, pipes constructed and maintained by appellant. The injunction was granted by the trial court; and, from that judgment, the Somerset Water, Light & Traction Company prosecutes this appeal.

The facts, briefly, are as follows: A number of years ago certain citizens of Somerset formed a company for the purpose of constructing a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. City of Logansport v. UhlIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Chapman v. . City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  3. Stoddard v. Village of Saratoga SpringsNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Holman v. Athens Empire Laundry Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1919
  2. Breathitt County v. Cockrell, JailerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
  3. Gregory v. CrainCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
  4. Forkner v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933

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