Conestee Mills v. City of Greenville

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This case has already been before us. 152 S. C., 153, 149 S. E., 595. The action was commenced on the 25th day of August, 1925, and is base'd upon the pollution of the waters of the Reedy River by the City of Greenville through dis charge of raw sewage into that river. In 1891 the Legislature passed an Act (20 Stat. 1370), authorizing the City of Greenville to establish and maintain a sewerage system; and in 1892 or 1893, the city established a system for discharge of its sewage into Reedy River, and continued such discharge up…