CITY OF ABILENE v. BYNUM

No. 3740.

367 S.W.2d 942 (1963)

CITY OF ABILENE, Appellant, v. Raymond T. BYNUM et ux., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Davidson, City Atty., Abilene, for appellant.

Brooks & Fergus, Abilene, for appellees.


GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Raymond T. Bynum and wife sued the City of Abilene for damages to their farm alleged to have been caused by odors, insects and sewage from the city's new sewer farm, which it built adjoining plaintiffs' land. A jury found that the City's sewage disposal operation caused objectionable matter, such as noxious fumes, odors, insects or sewer effluent to come upon plaintiffs' land; that same caused a depreciation in its market value; that the damage...

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