Clifton Iron Co. v. Dye
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Talledaga. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. The bill in this case was filed on the 7th September, 1886, by James T. Dye, against the Clifton Iron Company, a private corporation; and sought to enjoin and restrain the defendant from so using the “washers” and other appliances connected with its smelting furnace at Ironaton, as to pollute the water of a small running stream, called the “Dry Fork of Cheka Creek,” which flows through…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Talledaga. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. The bill in this case was filed on the 7th September, 1886, by James T. Dye, against the Clifton Iron Company, a private corporation; and sought to enjoin and restrain the defendant from so using the “washers” and other appliances connected with its smelting furnace at Ironaton, as to pollute the water of a small running stream, called the “Dry Fork of Cheka Creek,” which flows through complainant’s lands below, and otherwise injuring it by the deposit of dirt and refuse materials. The chancellor overruled a…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
We do not deem it necessary to decide whether the flowing of the dirt and other material from the washers of the appellant, upon the land of the appellee, entitles the latter to recover therefor. If it be conceded that it does, the question presented is, whether the injuries complained of, and damages inflicted and to accrue hereafter, are such as should call forth the extraordinary, restraining powers of a court of equity. It is shown that the Clifton Iron Company owns a valuable body of iron ore land at Ironaton, and for the purpose of converting this iron ore into pig iron the company has…
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