May v. George

— This was an action by appellee against appellants for the maintenance of a private nuisance, asking for damages and an abatement of the nuisance. The complaint shows that the parties are adjoining property owners in the city of Cannelton, Indiana, that the defendants have constructed and maintain an open sewer on their premises which empties into a ditch on Taylor Street above plaintiff’s premises, and carries refuse and waste matter from Ihe defendants’ premises into said ditch, that defendants for two.years emptied all their waste and refuse matter, such as slop, soapsuds, garbage, and…