Tinsley v. Monson & Sons Cattle Co.

Plaintiff instituted this action alleging defendant’s operation of a cattle feedlot adjacent to plaintiff’s property constitutes a nuisance, seeking abatement thereof and damages allegedly sustained by reason of loss of his comfortable enjoyment of life and property and by reason of loss in reasonable market value of his property. Defendant denied maintenance of a nuisance and by way of affirmative defense alleged establishment of a legitimate business prior to plaintiff’s purchase of property adjacent to the feedlot and further alleged that any inconvenience experienced by plaintiff is a…