Kirk v. City of Cincinnati

In this case, the city of' Cincinnati stands convicted by the verdict of the jury and its own admissions of having built a trunk sewer known as Muddy Creek Sewer for the purpose of draining a thickly inhabited portion of Cincinnati and having dumped all of the sewage of this area into Muddy Creek. By its acts in so doing, the city of Cincinnati polluted and poisoned the previously pure and potable waters of that stream. No consent or rights were acquired from the property owners along the banks of such stream authorizing its pollution. The plaintiff is the owner of 805 acres of farm land on…