Gibson v. Donk

This is an action for damages. The allegations of the petition are, that, plaintiff being the owner of a three-story dwelling in St. Louis, defendants established a coal-yard *38immediately to the south and west of plaintiff’s house, and there carried on the business of screening and unloading coal, day and night, the coal-dust and noise from which operations constitute a nuisance and render plaintiff’s house untenantable. The answer is a general denial.

The testimony tended to show that the ground immediately south of the house of plaintiff, which was one of a row, had at one time been much…