Hauser v. Calawa

Plaintiffs brought an action for trespass and for the negligent creation of a private nuisance. A jury trial resulted in a verdict of $20,000 for the plaintiffs and the court, in a related equity action tried concurrently, entered a decree enjoining the defendants from causing or permitting any sewage to flow onto the land of the plaintiffs. All questions of law were transferred by Douglas, J.

The questions presented by this case are whether the jury verdict should, have been set aside as against the law, the evidence, and the weight of the evidence; and whether the jury verdict should have…