City of Princeton v. Pool

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming in part, reversing in part.

The ground upon which the city of Princeton in Caldwell county is built is supported by cavernous limestone. A large creek runs through and under the city. This creek, in a natural depression or sinkhole known as Cave Spring in the northwestern part of the city, enters the ground and in a subterranean channel passes under a portion of the city for a distance of about 2,500 feet, when it again comes to the surface at a place known as the Big Spring in the southeastern part of the city, from which place it continues on top…