Panther Coal Co. v. Looney

*760Charley L. Looney, plaintiff, brought his motion for judgment against Panther Coal Company, Inc., defendant, claiming damages on account of pollution of a small stream, called Enoch’s branch, and two wells, referred to as the Looney well and the Shortridge well, on the plaintiff’s land, which he claims resulted from the defendant’s turning mine water into the branch. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,500 on which the trial court entered judgment, and to that judgment this writ of error was awarded the defendant below.

The lands of the parties adjoin. The plaintiff, who is a…