Veith v. Salt Co.

Brannon, Judge:

In an action of trespass on the case, in the circuit court of Mason County, brought by Marianna Veith against Hope Salt and Coal Company, the plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against the defendant, and it has brought the case up to this Court.

The ground of the action was that the defendant company carrying on the business of manufacturing salt and using a boiler in its work inflicted injury upon the plaintiff by damage done to her residence from the explosion of said boiler. We see at once that the case involves a conflict or clash between two plain rights vested in…