Alfred Jacobshagen Co. v. Dockery

In Alfred Jacobshagen Co. v. Dockery, 243 Miss. 511, 517, 139 So. 2d 632, 634 (1962), the complainants lived near a plant that rendered animal carcasses, hides, feathers and entrails. The court found that the odors and fumes from the plant, which were noticeable for many miles, constituted a private nuisance, but because of its considerable investment in its facilities, the plant might be given "a reasonable time and opportunity to obviate the nuisance." The chancellor delayed the issuance of an injunction, giving specific instructions in the decree as to how the plant might reduce the odor coming from the plant. Id.