Town of Dickson v. Stephens

The defendant in error, J. W. Stephens (who was plaintiff below and will be hereinafter so designated), is the owner of a tract of farming and pasture land in the Fifth Civil district of Dickson county, about one mile from the corporate limits of the town of Dickson, containing approximately 500 acres, and a stream of water known as Piney river flows through said farm.

On November 12, 1931, the plaintiff sued the town of Dickson, a municipal corporation, in the circuit court of Dickson county, for $10,000 as. damages for the alleged pollution of the waters of Piney river by the drainage of…