Bowen v. Flaherty

601 So.2d 860 (1992)

Michael BOWEN and Gail Bowen, d/b/a Double B Gin

v.

Howard FLAHERTY and Carrie Flaherty.

No. 89-CA-0498.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 10, 1992.

Charles D. Thomas, Pontotoc, for appellant.

Roger H. McMillin, Jr., Sumners Carter & McMillin, New Albany, for appellee.

EN BANC.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This case calls before us the meaning of the statute of limitations embodied in our decade-old "right to farm" statute. Plaintiff lives in rural Northeast Mississippi and has sued the operator of a nearby cotton gin for abatement of a nuisance and for damages caused…