Legal Opinion
Central Expl. Co., Inc. v. Gray, Et Ux.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 1, 1954No. 38980PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcGehee, C. J.
This is a suit wherein the plaintiffs, John Gray and Wife, recovered a judgment for the sum of $1,800 as damages to their rock-veneer dwelling house caused by an explosion of dynamite at a depth of about eighty feet below the surface of the earth and at a distance of from 275 to 450 feet therefrom, and which building is alleged to have been severely damaged by the vibrations and concussion of the soil against the same from the point of the explosion. The suit is against the appellants, Central Exploration Co., Inc., and Tweed Everett Failing, doing business as Failing Exploration and Drilling…
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