Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. v. Novero

This is an action on the case brought by appellee against appellant to recover damages for injuries to certain lots and buildings and improvements thereon alleged to have been caused by mining operations under and near the premises. Appellant owned and mined the coal underlying four lots owned by appellee in Maryville, Illinois. The substance of the charge variously stated by six counts of an amended declaration is, that appellant so mined and removed the coal from beneath appellee’s lots that the surface of the ground subsided, cracked and caved in, thereby injuring appellee’s premises and…