Lewis v. City of Potosi

ANDERSON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Aaron Lewis, is a riparian owner of land on Mine Au Breton Creek near Potosí, in Washington County, Mis souri, and brought this suit against the City of Potosí. The petition in said suit was in three counts. In count one plaintiff sued for damage to his land and for loss of livestock caused by defendant city emptying sewage and effluent from its disposal plant into said creek, thereby polluting the water thereof, causing offensive odors and rendering the water unfit for use, with the result that he suffered damage by reason of the depreciation of his land in the sum…