Upson Coal & Mining Co. v. Williams

John E. Williams brought his action against the Upson Coal & Mining Company to recover for damages to his farm, in the court of common pleas of the county. Tie sets forth in his petition that the stream which flows through the same furnished *294an abundance of good water for Ms stock and farm; that tbe channel thereof was of sufficient capacity to carry the water without inundating the adjoining fields; that the defendant was the owner and operating mines located some distance above and on a stream or ravine that found its outlet through plaintiff’s lands; that the slack and refuse of the mines…