Foerst v. Kelso

The complaint in this action prayed damages for injuries occasioned to plaintiff’s property and person by reason of blasting operations negligently conducted by the defendant. It charged that the blasts showered a rain of rocks upon plaintiff’s house and premises, “killing chickens • and breaking boards of house, stable, woodshed, chicken-house, and fence.” That upon on'e occasion “two immense bowlders of rock "were blown upon plaintiff’s premises, one of which struck plaintiff’s stable and passed through the roof, breaking rafters and boards, one of which struck and injured plaintiff’s…