Mississippi Power Co. v. Ballard

Appellees instituted this suit in the circuit court of Marion county against the appellant, seeking to recover damages to their residence alleged to have been sustained by reason of the construction, maintenance, and operation of an electric substation near such residence. There was a verdict and judgment for one thousand dollars, from which this appeal was prosecuted.

The declaration does not charge that the location of the substation was unlawful or in violation*of any zoning law of the city of Columbia, or that it was negligently constructed, or that its mere presence near the property of…