Irby v. Lamb

Candler, Justice.

On October 23, 1962, Cecil C. Lamb and Alma C. Lamb filed a petition against Oliver Irby which in sub stance alleges: They own and with their children occupy a dwelling in Jefferson County. The defendant owns land adjacent to theirs and during July 1962 he wrongfully and injuriously erected two chicken houses on his land near their dwelling in which he has since then kept several thousand chickens at all times. The residue and manure created by such chickens attract vast swarms of files which multiply by millions and such flies migrate throughout the community and enter the…