Pratt Cons. Coal Co. v. Morton

This is an action on the casé to recover damages resulting from a nuisance alleged to have been maintained by the defendant in the operation of its coal mines, and dumping therefrom onto the lands of the plaintiff slate, shale, and other refuse from the mines, and discharging thereon quantities of contaminated water, resulting in destroying the pure water in a stream, spring, and wells on plaintiff’s premises and in impoverishing the soil, rendering it less fertile and productive.

We had occasion to restate some of the rules of law applicable to this case in our opinion in the case of Yolanda…