Ewanski v. Solvay Process Co.

This is an action at law brought to recover damages which plaintiffs claim to have sustained by reason of the alleged deposit upon their land by the defendant of certain noxious and deleter ous matter.

' Appellant operates an extensive plant in the village of Solvay, near Syracuse, and manufactures soda and alkali products, in the course of which it uses large quantities of limestone, which it burns to common or active lime. The waste material, consisting of a mixture of calcium carbonate and calcium chloride, is run off in liquid form through pipes running from the plant to waste beds owned…