WESTERN COTTONOIL COMPANY v. ALEXANDER

No. 3130.

274 S.W.2d 870 (1955)

WESTERN COTTONOIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Bessie ALEXANDER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMahon, Springer, Smart & Walter, Abilene, Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman & Bates, Houston, for appellant.

Scarborough, Yates, Scarborough & Black, Abilene, for appellee.


LONG, Justice.

Bessie Alexander sued Western Cottonoil Company for damages caused by odors from soap stock stored by the company in an earthen pit on its premises. Upon a trial, the jury found that the storing of the soap stock in the earthen pit constituted a nuisance to Bessie Alexander's enjoyment of her property and awarded her damages in the amount of $500. The trial court entered judgment in accordance with the verdict. From this judgment the company has appealed...

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