Consolidated Foods Corp. v. Water Works & Sanitary Sewer Board

JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery County from a ruling denying Consolidated Foods Corporation either injunctive relief or damages for a sewer line built across its property by the Water Works and Sanitary Sewer Board of Montgomery. We affirm.

By the late 1960’s, the nationwide crusade to improve the environment and preserve our natural resources had reached Alabama. Federal agencies imposed deadlines against dumping industrial wastes into navigable rivers, and local sewer boards adopted plans to implement waste treatment.

In Montgomery, an area of great…