United States Smelting Co. v. Sisam
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Utah. Action by Joseph H. Sisam against the United States Smelting Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
Joseph H. Sisam, the plaintiff below, recovered a judgment against United States Smelting Company, a corporation, for $750 damages caused to his growing crops of lucerne, grain, vegetables, fruits, and berries by the sulphurous fumes emitted from its smelter during the years 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906, and *295$50 on account of the discomfort, sickness, and inconvenience inflicted upon him, his wife, and the other members of his family by the nuisance these fumes maintained in and about his home. The Smelting Company sued out a writ of error, which presents its complaints…
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