Meeks v. Wood
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Randolph. Circnit Court; Theodore Shocknpy, Judge. Action by Chaney F. Meeks against Martin F. "Wood. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtIbach, C. J.
— This was an action brought by appellant against appellee to perpetually enjoin him from using a “barker” in the conduct of his business of operating an oil well on his farm which adjoins appellant’s farm. There was a trial by the court and judgment for the defendant. Appellant’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and such ruling is assigned as error and relied on for reversal.
The barker is charged to be a whistle placed on the exhaust pipe of a gas engine which is used to pump oil from the well, and it is further charged that by the use of the barker loud and shrill sounds were produced,…
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