Meeker v. City of Kerrville

POPE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an instructed verdict against appellants, Burton Meeker and Franklin W. Meeker, who sued for damages to their property caused by the erection and operation of a sewer plant by the City of Kerrville. Appellants undertook to prove that the noxious odors from the plant damaged their adjoining 125 acres of land which is potential suburban residence property. The suit' is hot grounded on negligence. See Bennett v. Brown County Water Imp. Dist. No. 1, Tex., 272 S.W.2d 498; Texas Highway Department v. Weber, 147 Tex. 628, 219 S.W.2d 70; Gotcher v. City of…