Briggson v. City of Viroqua

The plaintiffs are the owners of a 110-acre farm located approximately one mile to the northwest of the sewage-disposal plant of the city of Viroqua. They acquired this farm by purchase in 1936 but have never lived on the farm themselves as they have resided in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, and have rented the farm to tenants.

The city of Viroqua is the county seat of Vernon county and has a population of approximately 3,500. In the early 1920’s it constructed two sewage-disposal plants, one at the southeast corner of the city, and another at the northwest corner of the city. Some years…