Western Indiana Coal Co. v. Brown

Appellant is a corporation engaged in mining and selling coal. It was operating under a lease executed by appellee Eose to one Templeton, and by Templeton assigned to appellant. It was mining coal under lots owned by appellee Brown, and adjacent territory. After it had taken out the coal under the lots owned by appellee Brown, the surface of the soil subsided and materially injured said appellee’s dwelling-house, etc., situated thereon. She commenced this action against the appellant to recover damages, alleging that after it had taken out the coal under the surface of her property, it…