City of Meridian v. Tingle

Tingle, the appellee, brought this action against the municipality of Meridian, Mississippi, to recover special damages he claimed resulted to him from the maintenance by said City of a public nuisance. He asserted in his declaration that during the year 1950 and to September 1,1953, he and his family resided a short distance from Sowashee and Okatibbee Creeks in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; that he was the owner of 106 acres of land, consisting of two adjoining tracts, one of 40 acres and the other 66 acres, through and across which ran said two creeks; that said City emptied its sewage…