Oakwood Smokeless Coal Corp. v. Meadows

By notice of motion for judgment, the plaintiffs, Alta Medie Meadows and Henry Meadows, set out that they are the owners .in fee of certain lands in Buchanan county and that the defendant is the owner of mining rights on the land which adjoins' them. That mine, they say, is now being operated and that before its operation they had access to and used water from a spring on their land, which water was in all respects wholesome and palatable. They’say that now it has become polluted by drainage from this mine and unfit for human consumption. Damages are claimed. This issue was submitted to a…