Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Craft

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

— Affirming in part and reversing in part,

Plaintiff, Arclielns C. Craft, brought suit against the Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company and the Lexington & Eastern Railway 'Company to recover damages for the excavation and removal of soil from his land, and for injury to his mill caused by blasting rocks into the river and changing the flow of its waters. The jury fixed the damages for the injury to the land at $50.00 and for injury to the mill at $750.00. The defendants appeal.

The facts are these: Joseph E. Craft was the owner of a tract of land lying on…