An Alleged Nuisance at Alvechurch: Action against a Crofton Farmer: In the Nisi Prius Court, at the Birmingham Assizes, on Monday before Mr. Justice Channell, the case of Ashford v. Heynes came on for hearing. The plaintiff was George Ashford, of Tower Cottage, Alvechurch, and the defendant Jonathan Heynes, a farmer, Croton Hall Barnt Green, and the ground of complaint was damage caused by the defendant having deposited and retained large quantities of night soil on a portion of land close to the plaintiff’s house and approaches as to cause offensive smells … Mr. Hugo Young, Q.C., and Mr. C. Young (instructed by Messrs., Smith Pinsent and Co.) represented the defendant … (continues) …
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