UNUSUAL ACTION.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 151033, 26 July 1919, Page 5

UNUSUAL ACTION.

DAMAGES CLAIMED FOR INJURY AM) NUISANCE.

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Christchurch, July 23. An interesting action was commenced m the Supreme Court, the parties being ftiaude Eliza Felton and the Addmgton Iron-rolling Mills. Plaintiff i^°A £m fr° r damages to health, idUU damages for depreciation of property, and an injunction to restrain tne company from the continuance of injury and unisance. Plaintiff resides near the mills, and alleged that the noises, smoke, and gases emanating therefrom affected her nerves, and had such an effect on her property that it was unsaleable. Prior to the erection of the mills the locality had been a residential one. The defence was Justly, a general denial, and, secondly' tnat the industry complained of was one of public utility, and carried on without negligence in a suitable locality, where industries giving rise to noise and smoke, had long been carried on to the benefit of the public. Evidence had not been concluded when the court adjourned.