Randolf v. Town of Bloomfield
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Davis District Court. — Hon. Chas. D. Leggett, Judge. Action to recover for a nuisance caused by defendant constructing and maintaining a sewer, which emptied into a street, near plaintiff’s dwelling house. There was a judgment upon a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. Pleading¡ Sror®byof answering. I. The cause will be disposed of by considering the objections made by defendants to the judgment, in the order of their discussion by counsel. The petition alleges that the nuisance rendered plaintiff’s dwelling “less habitable,” and the smells emanating therefrom detracted from the enjoyment thereof, and produced “intolerable physical discomforts to plaintiff and his family, causing sickness in his family,” to the great damage of plaintiff, etc. The defendant moved the district court for an order requiring plaintiff to make his petition more specific, so as…
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