Champa v. Washington Compressed Gas Co.

This is an action for damages for the alleged maintenance of a private, permanent nuisance, resulting, in the last trial, in a verdict of five hundred dollars in favor of respondents. A previous trial had resulted in a verdict in their favor for twenty-five hundred dollars, which verdict was set aside and a new trial granted for error in instructions. The last verdict was set aside by the lower court upon the sole ground of errors in law in giving instructions Nos. 1, 4 and 5, and in refusing instructions requested by respondents numbered 2, 3 and 8.

The sole error assigned by appellant is in…