103 Iowa 576 | Iowa | 1897
This action was begun August 31, 1892, and the substituted answer filed September 21, 1895. The original petition alleges that from January 6,1892, the plaintiff’s property was injured, and its enjoyment interfered with, by the gas, smoke, soot, and obnoxious odors emitted from, defendant’s gas and electric plants, and claims damages in the sum of eight hundred dollars. The substituted answer sets up three defenses: (1) The statute of limitations; (2) that the operation of the plants was authorized by the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city; (3) a general denial. The case was set down for trial November 20, 1895, and on that day the plaintiff filed a supplemental petition alleging the wrongs complained of had been continued since the beginning of the action, and asking one thousand, two