Hanlin v. Burk Bros. Meat & Provision Co.

This suit was instituted March 9, 1911, in the circuit court of Adair county by Lida Hanlin and her minor son, John, against the defendant corporation to recover damages resulting from the pollution by defendant of a natural stream flowing across land owned by plaintiffs near the city of Kirksville. A trial of the issues raised by the pleadings resulted •in a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs in the sum of $250, and the cause is here on the appeal of defendant.

It appears that John Hanlin who now is of lawful age was only twenty years old at the time the suit was brought and that his…