Legal Opinion

Republic Steel Corporation v. Jesse E. Peoples

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 2, 1954No. 14953_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are from judgments for the plaintiffs in each of seven suits brought to recover damages to real estate and for annoyance, inconvenience and mental anguish resulting from the negligence of the defendant in and about the exploding of dynamite and blasting of rock and ore formations in connection with its strip mining operations. The suits were consolidated below and tried together by order of court.

The evidence adduced in substantiation of the claims of the plaintiffs consisted of their own testimony. Each plaintiff identified his dwelling house, described in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Feore v. TrammelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  3. Ex parte Birmingham Realty Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Harper v. Regency Development Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  2. Coalite, Inc. v. AldridgeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  3. B. G. Young & Sons, Inc. v. KirkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1960
  4. Codell-Oman Construction Company v. John L. SorensenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  5. Coalite, Inc. v. AldridgeAlabama Court of Appeals · 1968

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