Ratzlaff v. Franz Foods of Arkansas

Conley Byrd Justice.

Appellants Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ratzlaff, Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Collins and Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Molter brought separate actions against appellee Franz Foods of Arkansas, a subsidiary of Tyson’s Foods, an Arkansas Corporation, to recover damages for certain noxious wastes discharged into the sewer system of the city of Green Forest, Arkansas, that allegedly polluted Dry Creek, a stream running through appellants’ properties. The trial court sustained a demurrer and dismissed each of the complaints. The three causes have been consolidated in this court because of the identity…