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DARLING v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS

No. 600.

249 U.S. 540 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 371

63 L.Ed. 759

DARLING v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 28, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maryus Jones and Mr. John Winston Read for plaintiff in error:

Mr. J.A. Massie for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error brought this bill in equity to prevent the City of Newport News from discharging its sewage in such a way as to pollute and ruin the plaintiff's oysters upon his beds under the tidal waters of Hampton Roads. A demurrer was sustained by the court of first instance and on appeal by the Supreme Court of Appeals, and the bill was dismissed. 123 Virginia, 14. The material facts are few. The plaintiff...

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