Legal Opinion

Chattanooga v. Dowling

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided October 8, 1898PublishedCited by 28 opinions

FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Hamilton County. T. M. McConnell, Ch.

1Opinion of the CourtBeard, J.

The defendant is the owner of a lot in the city of Chattanooga, very near which termi*343nates a sewer constructed by that city at much expense, through the- mouth of which much loathsome sewerage is deposited upon the defendant’s land, greatly depreciating its rental value, as well as the value of the soil upon it, theretofore used by its owner for the purpose of making brick.

The record discloses that in three different suits, instituted by Dowling from time to time, he had made recoveries against the municipality for the injuries resulting to this land, as from a continuing nuisance, and that…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. Uline v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
  3. Noonan v. . City of AlbanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  4. Harmon v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Illinois Cent. R. v. MoriarityTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Ramirez v. City of CheyenneWyoming Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Lewisburg & N. R. v. HindsTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  4. City of Nashville v. MasonTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Irvine v. City of OelweinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915

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