Laughridge v. City of Dalton
Laughridge v. City of Dalton
Opinion of the Court
In a suit by a riparian proprietor against a municipal corporation, to enjoin pollution of a stream, the petition as amended alleged, that the city had constructed and put into operation a sewerage system for the disposal of specified foul matters; that the sewage of the city drained into certain septic tanks from which there were drains emptying into a branch that further down passed through plaintiff’s land and near her residence; that the waters of the branch became contaminated and emitted foul and poisonous odors and gases that were disagreeable and injurious to health, and, rendered plaintiff’s residence uninhabitable; “that said sewerage system was not properly constructed, and if it had been . . it would not contaminate said stream; . . said sewage is first emptied into a septic tank and thence into said stream; . . said sewage conies out of said tank into said stream in a highly impure state . . Petitioner does not know liow said tank is constructed; . . but if same was constructed for the purpose of purifying the discharge into it, the same fails of its
Judgment affirmed.
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