Albemarle Soapstone Co. v. Skipwith
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Charlottesville; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. Action by L. Skipwith against the Albemarle Soapstone Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KELLER, District Judge.
This was an action in trespass on the case- brought by L. Skipwith against the Albemarle Soapstone Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, alleging damages to Skipwith’s land occasioned by the depositing by the defendant of soapstone dust in the waters of Eppes creek, which dust was by floods and freshets subsequently carried down and deposited upon the lands of plaintiff below, rendering said lands sterile and infertile, etc.
[1] Upon a former trial of this case a verdict and judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant, which was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mast v. Sapp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Skipwith v. Albemarle Soapstone Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Pettengill v. TuroSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963