Coleman v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming.

In the construction of its double track along the east side of the South fork of Licking river .in Pendleton county, the Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company *18dumped a lot of stone and dirt into the river, making several large obstructions which caused the water in the river in ordinary freshets to overflow in part the lands of J. W. Coleman lying on the west side of the river. The road was constructed in 1911, 1912 and 1913, and some time after the obstructions were placed in the river the water vas caused to overflow the lands of Coleman in…