Gargac v. Smith-Rowland Co.

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Defendant appeals from judgments entered in behalf of plaintiffs for damages suffered, as the jury found, by reason of defendant’s wrongful acts in permitting waste matter, such as refuse from animal carcasses and other organic matter, to escape from its premises into a ditch and eventually into a lake bordering on plaintiffs’ lands. It contends that-the District Court never obtained jurisdiction of its person; that it was not properly served with summons; that the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict in its favor and, finally, that the court erred in…