Towaliga Falls Power Co. v. Sims
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Forsyth- — -Judge Clark. March 27, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
Sims sued the Towaliga Falls Power Company, alleging, that during the year 1906 he was a tenant residing on certain lands in Monroe county; that the defendant built a high dam across the Towaliga river, some distance below his residence, and backed a large body of water on and over a great area of land near his home; that the land so submerged was covered with trees and other vegetation; that the ponding of this water and the submerging of the vegetation caused malaria, and contaminated and affected the air with poisonous and deleterious gases; that the pond was a nuisance; that it made him…
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