Supreme Court of Alabama, 1903

Mayor of Birmingham v. Durham

Mayor of Birmingham v. Durham
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided November 15, 1903 · Dowdell
139 Ala. 662

Mayor of Birmingham v. Durham

Opinion of the Court

This action was brought by the appellee against the appellant, to recover damages resulting from the pollution of a stream, by the emptying .therein of the seiver-age of the city of Birmingham, which stream ran through plaintiff’s land.

There was judgment in favor of the plaintiff, assessing has damages at $168. The defendant appeals.

Judgment is affirmed on the authority of Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham v. Land, 137 Ala. 538.

Opinion by Dowdell, J.

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